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How to Get Rid of Page Breaks in Excel

How to insert or remove page break in Excel?

When you want to print a worksheet, you may need to insert or remove the page breaks for printing more professionally. Here I talk about how to insert or remove page break in Excel for you.

Insert page break in Excel

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In Excel, you can insert page break by two methods, one is using right-click, and the other is using Break function.

Insert page break by right-click

1. Click View > Page Break Preview. See screenshot:

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Tip: You also can click Page Break Preview button in the status bar.

2. If you want to insert a horizontal page break above a specified row, you need to select the first cell of this row, right click the cell, and then click Insert Page Break from the context menu. See screenshot:

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Now a horizontal page break has been inserted.

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3. Then just click Normal under View tab to go back to normal view. See screenshot:

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Note: If you want to insert a vertical page break before a column, you need to select the first cell of the column, and right click to select Insert Page Break. See screenshots:

Insert page break by Break function

If you want to insert a vertical page break, select the first cell of a column which will be right to the page break you want to insert, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Insert Page Break. See screenshot:

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Tip: If you want to insert a horizontal page break, select the first cell of a row which will be below the page break you want to insert, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Insert Page Break.


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Remove page break also can use Break function in Excel.

If you want to remove a horizontal page break, select the cell which is below to the page break you want to remove, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Remove Page Break. See screenshot:

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Tip:

1. If you want to remove a vertical page break, select the any cell of the column which is right to the page break you want to remove, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Remove Page Break.

2. If you want to remove all page break, both of vertical page breaks and horizontal breaks, you can click Page Layout > Breaks > Remove All Page Break.

Note: The automatic page break cannot be removed.


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How to Get Rid of Page Breaks in Excel

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