How to Remove All Breaks in Word?
When working with a Word document that contains multiple types of breaks, manually deleting them one by one using the Delete key can be tedious. If you need a faster way to remove all breaks at once, this guide will introduce several efficient methods to accomplish this.
Remove breaks one by one
- Click the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab to make all break symbols visible.
- Select a break you want to delete and press Delete on your keyboard.
- Repeat the process to remove all breaks individually.
Note: Manually removing breaks one by one is time-consuming and not recommended for large documents.
Remove all breaks with Find and Replace
You can use the Find and Replace function to remove breaks more efficiently.
- Click Home > Replace to open the Find and Replace window. Tip: Alternatively, press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace window.
- Click More to expand the search options.
- Place the cursor in the Find What field and select a break type you want to remove from the Special drop-down list.
Note: Find and Replace can only remove one break type at a time. You must repeat the process for each type of break.
Remove all breaks with Kutools for Word
Kutools for Word offers a one-click solution to remove all breaks from an entire document or a selected section.
- To remove all breaks from the entire document: Click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Breaks.
- To remove breaks from a specific section: Select the section first, then click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Breaks.
All breaks, including page, column, and section breaks, will be instantly removed.
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For more detailed information about Remove All Breaks of Kutools for Word, please visit: Remove All Breaks feature description.
Remove all breaks with VBA code
You can automate the process by using VBA to remove breaks in Word.
- Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
- Click Insert > Module, then copy and paste the following VBA code:
Sub Delecolumnbreaks() Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "^n" .Replacement.Text = "" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchByte = False .MatchAllWordForms = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchWildcards = False .MatchFuzzy = False End With Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll End Sub
- Click the Run button
to execute the code.
Note: .Text = "^n"
removes columns breaks from the document.
- Replace
.Text = "^n"
with.Text = "^b"
to remove section breaks. - Replace
.Text = "^n"
with.Text = "^m"
to remove manual page breaks.
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