STUDENT IT TRAINING MODULE: Page Numbers and Page Breaks vs. Section Breaks - 4
Section Breaks
A section break needs to be applied at the point where you want your
document to make a major change.
On the demo doc, we are adding a section break after the Table of Figures
as we want the first section of this document to have roman numerals and
the remainder of the document (from Chapter 1 onwards) needs to have
normal page numbering.
It is important to understand the difference between a page break and a
section break. A page break simply pushes any information after that page
break onto the next page; a section break essentially splits your document
into different parts to allow you to apply complex formatting to your
document. A section break should not be used instead of a page break in
your document.
To apply a section break, go to page layout > breaks drop down menu >
choose Next Page under the Section Breaks heading.
Advanced Page Numbering
To format the numbering to Roman numerals you
need to:
Click on your document where you need the
numbering to be Roman numerals.
Go to Insert > Page Number > choose Location of
page number.
Go back into the page number menu and choose
the Format page numbers option.
In the menu that opens, use the drop down menu at the top to change the
numbering to roman numerals then press ok.
No Page Number on the Title Page
If you have a title page, you will need to change the numbering in the first
section so that the first page has no number. It is still secretly counted as