section breaks

Text segment boundaries

Section breaks are formatting elements in documents that divide content into distinct sections, each capable of having its own layout settings—different margins, headers, page numbering, or column configurations.

Word processors offer various types: continuous breaks that don't force a new page, and page breaks that do.

Insert a section break before switching to landscape orientation.

Related

divider · subsection · document · visual hierarchy · printing · chapters · chapter heading · scene change · hierarchical structure · partitioning · formatting · text · tension release · hard return · alignment · layout · narrative arc · indentation

Opposites
DOCUMENT STRUCTURE - continuity vs. division

section breaksseamless flow

continuous flow · no breaks · body text

textual cohesion

section breakstransitions

Movements between states

segues

Family

section, break, sections, sectional, sectioning, sectioned, sector, bisect, dissect

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