When a user creates a 'Section Break (Next Page)' in a long document, which of the following attributes can be uniquely modified for the new section without affecting the previous one?

Correct — B. A section break divides a document into sections, and each section keeps its own page-layout settings. A Next Page break also starts the new section on the following page.

Word's file format stores a separate page size and orientation and separate page margins for every section. The new section can turn landscape or take wider margins while the previous one stays as it was → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  The 'AutoCorrect' replacement list — The AutoCorrect list belongs to the program, not to a document or a section. Microsoft says a change to it in one Office program carries over to the other Office programs that support AutoCorrect.
• (c)
  The font face of the 'Normal' style — A style is defined once for the whole document, not per section. Change the font of Normal and every paragraph using that style changes, before and after the break.
• (d)
  The document’s 'Properties' metadata — Document properties such as title, author, subject and keywords are metadata that describe or identify the whole file, so they cannot differ from section to section.

A section is a part of a document with its own page setup. Word's file format (Office Open XML) keeps a set of section properties for each section: page size and orientation, page margins, columns, headers and footers, page borders and page numbering.

A Next Page break starts the new section on the following page. It is the break to use when, say, a landscape table has to sit inside a portrait report.

Key facts

• A Next Page section break starts the new section on the following page.
• Each section carries its own page size, orientation and margins, stored as the pgSz and pgMar section properties in Office Open XML.
• Word's AutoCorrect list is shared across the Office programs that support AutoCorrect.
• Changing a style changes all text formatted with that style.

Common traps

• Choosing the Normal style's font because a new section feels like a fresh start, when styles apply to the whole document.
• Confusing a section break with a page break, which starts a new page but creates no new section.

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