In books, chapters usually begin on the right, odd-numbered pages. If you’re formatting your manuscript for publication, don’t spend any time adding extra page breaks to force this to happen. Later edits may break this alignment. Use Odd Section Breaks instead.
Odd Section Breaks force the content to the top of a new page. And, like a Next Page Section Break, they also ensure that the content always starts on the right side of facing pages.
When you insert an Odd Page Section Break at the beginning of a book chapter, the chapter always starts on the odd, right side page.
To create theis page break, choose PAGE LAYOUT > BREAKS > ODD PAGE from the drop-down list.
One thing to note is that, as you scroll through your document, you WON’T SEE the blank pages this technique creates. You can only tell by watching the page numbers in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window! When you scroll through your Print Preview, though, you’ll see all the blanks.
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