I cannot delete "section breaks" in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2. Help!

I cannot delete "section breaks" in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2. Help!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 23, 2014 9:14 AM

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Posted on Mar 23, 2014 3:33 PM

Thanks - I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don't know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it. You cannot eaven se the break. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then "delete" table 1 from Words table menue. Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the "delete" key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context. It seems to be a matter of "visibilty". I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible. Just change view from "Pint" to "Disposition" and then do the fn-delete thing :-)

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Mar 23, 2014 3:33 PM in response to dwb

Thanks - I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don't know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it. You cannot eaven se the break. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then "delete" table 1 from Words table menue. Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the "delete" key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context. It seems to be a matter of "visibilty". I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible. Just change view from "Pint" to "Disposition" and then do the fn-delete thing :-)

Mar 23, 2014 9:53 AM in response to neubaum

To delete a section break you have to select it. The trick to selecting a section break is 1) make invisibles visible (open Word preferences and select the view tab then look for a checkmark labeled all and click it on) and then 2) command click the visible section break. Now type the delete key.

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