Now for the stupid part of the question: the return key on the apple keyboard also says 'enter' in smaller letters. But when I press that combination, nothing happens. Other Kinds of Page Breaks Hi all, the keyboard shortcut for insert page break is command-enter according to the help menu. You can also the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Enter to add a page break quickly. Microsoft Word will then create a new page where you placed your cursor. Instead, use this handy shortcut to quickly insert a clean page break.
Page break shortcut for Word 2013/2016/2019 The shortcut for page break command in Word 2013 and later is Ctrl + Enter To use this shortcut, press and hold the Ctrl key, then press the Enter key once to insert the page break I think you'll find that Rich was correct to begin with :-) The default keystroke for a Page Break is Shift+Enter - but I'll bet that you're actually using Shift+ return:-) Unlike the PC, on a Mac there is a distinction between the operation of the two keys Ctrl + Enter: Insert page break If you want to start some text on a new page in your Word document, don't repeatedly hit Enter to add a page.
