What does this mean on the status bar in Word Page 1, Section 3, followed by 7/9?

Question

What does section mean?

Answer 1

Sections are used to give different parts of a document different layouts: portrait versus landscape, margins, headers and footers, page numbering and others. For instance, a Table of Contents will often be in a separate section in order to use Roman numerals for its own page numbering. An appendix will often be in a separate section to have different headers and footers.



In this case, different page numbering was used, as the message indicates.



The 7/9 means page seven of nine for the total file.



Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Section is a type of block separator in Word.



There are 4 types of Sections

Next Page

Continuous

Even Page

Odd Page



They are used to allow for different definitions and behaviours for margins, page setup, header/footers etc.



Change your Word document to Normal View and you will see where and what Sections have been embedded in your document.

Answer 3

Whoever wrote the document split it into sections - like chapters. Hit the funny button in the toolbar that looks a bit like a 'P' and it will show you all formatting. You'll see the section breaks there. Each 'section' can be formatted differently, like page size and stuff - this is why it is done.