Select and delete the final section break.Word applies to the last section the column formatting that you accepted in step 14 for the next-to-las last section. If there are no differences in column formatting between the two final sections, you can skip to step 17.Word applies to the last section the Page Setup formatting that you accepted in step 8 for the next-to-last last section. You can also delete a section break by placing your cursor to the left of the break, then pressing the Delte key on your keyboard. Place the insertion point just after the final section break. New section breaks can be added by clicking the Breaks button on the Layout tab.
Immediately press Enter or click on OK.Place the insertion point just before the final section break.Close the Header and Footer dialog box.This ensures that the final section in the document has the same header and footer as the section just before it. Make sure the Same As Previous control is selected for both the header and footer.Word displays the Header and Footer dialog box. If you see a symbol or other marking that indicates a page break, move your cursor after the symbol or marking and press Backspace. Choose Header and Footer from the View menu. If you see a page break line, as shown below, click the page break line with your left mouse button to highlight the page break and press the Delete key.If the section break just before the insertion point is a Continuous section break, press Ctrl+Enter to insert a page break.Place the insertion point at the end of the document, just after the final section break.There is a workaround you can use, however: Unfortunately, there is no intrinsic way to delete section breaks and maintain the formatting represented by that break. This may be what you want, but it can also be a pain if you want to delete the final section break in a document and you don't want the previous text to lose its section formatting. If you have worked with sections before, you already know that if you delete a section break, the text before the break then adopts the section formatting characteristics of the section after the break. Other issues of WordTips detail how you can insert section breaks and apply section formatting. Of the three, section formatting is often the most confusing formatting for people to understand. Word allows you to format your documents on three general levels: sections, paragraphs, and characters.