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When writing a document that is divided into sections or chapters, it is not unusual to have each new chapter or section start on an odd-numbered page. Word makes it very easy to accommodate this need when you are creating a document. You control this through the use of sections. All you need to do is create a new document section whenever you want to start a new chapter in your document. Follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Break dialog box.
Anything that is typed immediately after the section break will appear on an odd-numbered page when printed. If necessary, Word inserts a blank page between information in the previous section and the information in the new section to achieve this directive.
If you already have your document divided into sections (you have already inserted section breaks, in other words), you can make sure that a section will start on an odd-numbered page by following these steps:
Figure 2. The Layout tab of the page Setup dialog box.
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