MS Word: keyboard shortcut for "Layout -> Breaks -> Page"

(A) The InsertPageBreakcommand (Ctrl+Enter) in MS Word will insert a paragraph character, the page break character, and a second paragraph character, as highlighted in the image below. Moreover, there will be a format change of indents and spacing on the paragraph character.

(B) However, when I choose Layout -> Breaks -> Page, this will do something slightly different: it will insert the page break directly at the cursor position, plus a paragraph character, retaining the current format:

I've tried to search the list of commands (in Customize Ribbon -> Keyboard Shortcuts), in order to assign a keyboard shortcut to this second behaviour (B), but so far, I've found no corresponding command.

• InsertBreak will bring up a menu from which to choose
• InsertNewPage is equivalent to repeating twice InsertPageBreak

How can I achieve this second behaviour (B) with ONE shortcut (not a combination) ?

EDIT: My goal is to be able to assign CTRL+ ENTER to such behaviour (B).

1 Answer

Alt followed by P followed by B followed by P.

This is the Ribbon shortcuts and will show up in tooltips after you press the Alt key. It is the equivalent of using the mouse.

Otherwise, you can create a macro and assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro. Here is my article on the Microsoft website on assigning keyboard shortcuts.

Here is such a macro:

Sub PageBreakInsert()
' Charles Kenyon
' Mimics insertion from Breaks menu Selection.InsertBreak Type:=0
End Sub

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