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Pages: How to break sections apart

Hi all, I'm working in a pages document. I publish a news letter every month. This month, pages is really frustrating. When I need a new page, or more pages I 'Insert section" So the pages aren't connected and I can rearrange them if needed. However, for some reason, sections of this document have joined together without my consent. Now I need to rearrange the order of the pages within the document, and of course the one I need to move is joined to another one that does not need to be moved and must stay put. Can someone please explain how to un join the sections? When I select the page, the "un-join section" is gray and won't work. HELP

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 10:26 AM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2022 3:13 PM

Pages are added automatically when you add content.


Choosing the first item under the Insert menu that just says "Section" rather than choosing Section Break will insert a blank page that is in a new section at the cursor. You can separate the pages in a section without adding a new page by placing the cursor where you want the break & selecting Section Break from the Insert menu.


Using "Create a new section" in the Document sidebar (right side) will separate the current page from the previous page. I can only see this as useful if the start of the page was a natural break. Otherwise it might just separate the page in the middle of a sentence.


I don't see any "un-join section" as a choice in any menu or by right-clicking. I also tried searching Pages help for the term & didn't find it.



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Aug 29, 2022 3:13 PM in response to mamasnowwolf

Pages are added automatically when you add content.


Choosing the first item under the Insert menu that just says "Section" rather than choosing Section Break will insert a blank page that is in a new section at the cursor. You can separate the pages in a section without adding a new page by placing the cursor where you want the break & selecting Section Break from the Insert menu.


Using "Create a new section" in the Document sidebar (right side) will separate the current page from the previous page. I can only see this as useful if the start of the page was a natural break. Otherwise it might just separate the page in the middle of a sentence.


I don't see any "un-join section" as a choice in any menu or by right-clicking. I also tried searching Pages help for the term & didn't find it.



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