Rearranging the order of pages in Word 2010

Anonymous
2012-03-15T13:24:51+00:00

In Word 2010  can you sort pages like you can sort pages in Powerpoint by simply dragging and dropping ?  If not by dragging and dropping, how?

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Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2012-03-15T13:41:49+00:00

In Word 2010  can you sort pages like you can sort pages in Powerpoint by simply dragging and dropping ?  If not by dragging and dropping, how?

Nope.

Word is a text flow program. It prints text on pages but doesn't really organize by page. Powerpoint is a slide show program. It does organize by slides.

You can cut and paste text.

If you have used heading styles to organize your document, you can use the navigation pane to move logical sections around.

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2012-03-15T15:20:45+00:00

If each page begins with a heading  formatted with a page break before (instead of a manual page break between pages), you can switch to outline view, collapse the view to the heading level used at the tops of pages (say, heading 1), and move (by dragging or by cutting and pasting) the headings.  The content under the heading will move with them.  Also in outline view, you can sort the headings.   When cutting in outline view, you must include the heading's paragraph mark so that subheads and text will be included in the cut.  

The navigation pane also allows you to collapse or expand the heading levels shown and to drag headings to rearrange, but as far as I know, you cannot cut and paste to move headings and you cannot sort them.

HTH,

Pam

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-22T19:31:36+00:00

    I agree with the garbage statement. I often want to reorder pages and the fact that you can't do it in word is a huge hassle.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-15T14:38:23+00:00

    Thank you, 

    I do use OneNote as well as PDF annotator (Surface Pro3) they do work well.  

    I am taking HR course and for one of my projects I have several items that need to have their own page. It would be easier to be able to be able to move pages like a pdf.  I can understand though. Just strange how adobe can utilize the page move but Word can't. 

    No worries.

    Thank you for the reach out Stefan. Hope you have a great day!

    bryan

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-15T14:27:32+00:00

    Are you using Word to take notes? In that case, I can certainly understand why thinking in terms of pages makes sense. However, Word may not be the best choice for that task. Try OneNote instead.

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