Change the Type for a Section Break in Word 2007 and 2010

Have you ever tried to change the type of a section break in Word and only managed to ruin your sections and have to set them up and format them all over again?

You probably thought that you had to delete a section break and reinsert it to change its type. Fortunately, that is not the case. There is an easy way to change the type of a section while preserving the section at the same time.

This trick is especially useful if you are working on a large document that is split into multiple files, being worked on by multiple authors. Each author creates their own section breaks using different types and you may find that you have to change the types of section breaks they inserted.

For the example in this article, we will change a continuous section break to a next page section break. These steps work in both Word 2007 and Word 2010.

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