Break pages in excel

Page breaks are dividers that break a worksheet into separate pages for printing. Microsoft Excel inserts automatic page breaks based on the paper size, margin settings, scale options, and the positions of any manual page breaks that you insert. To print a worksheet with the exact number of pages that you want, you can adjust the page breaks in the worksheet before you print it.

In Page Break Preview, dashed lines are page breaks Excel automatically added. Solid lines are page breaks that were added manually.

Insert a page break

1. Click the worksheet that you want to print.

2. On the View tab, in the Workbook Views group, click Page Break Preview.

   

   You can also click Page Break Preview on the status bar.

3. Do one of the following:

   • To insert a vertical page break, select the row below where you want to insert the page break.

   • To insert a horizontal page break, select the column to the right of where you want to insert the page break.

4. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks.

   

5. Click Insert Page Break.

You can also right-click the row or column below or to the right of where you want to insert the page break, and then click Insert Page Break.

If manual page breaks that you insert do not take effect, it may be that the Fit To scaling option has been selected on the Page tab of the Page Setup dialog box (Page Layout tab, Page Setup group, Dialog Box Launcher ). To use the manual page breaks, change the scaling to Adjust to instead.

Move a page break

Important: To enable dragging of page breaks to another location in a worksheet, make sure that the cell drag-and-drop feature is enabled. If this feature is not enabled, you may not be able to move any page breaks.

1. To verify that drag-and-drop is enabled, do the following:

   1. Click the File tab > Options. In Excel 2007, click Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options.

   2. In the Advanced category, under Editing options, select the Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop check box, and then click OK.

2. Click the worksheet that you want to modify.

3. On the View tab, in the Workbook Views group, click Page Break Preview.

   

   You can also click Page Break Preview on the status bar.

4. To move a page break, drag the page break to a new location.

   Note: Moving an automatic page break changes it to a manual page break.

Delete a page break

1. Select the worksheet that you want to modify.

2. On the View tab, in the Workbook Views group, click Page Break Preview.

   

   You can also click Page Break Preview on the status bar.

3. Do one of the following:

   • To delete a vertical page break, select the column to the right of the page break that you want to delete.

   • To delete a horizontal page break, select the row below the page break that you want to delete.

     Note: You cannot delete an automatic page break.

4. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks.

   

5. Click Remove Page Break.

   

You can also remove a page break by dragging it outside of the page break preview area (to the left past the row headers, or up past the column headers). If you cannot drag page breaks, make sure that the drag-and-drop feature is enabled. For more information, see Move an existing page break.

Remove all manually-inserted page breaks

Note: This procedure resets the worksheet to display only the automatic page breaks.

1. Click the worksheet that you want to modify.

2. On the View tab, in the Workbook Views group, click Page Break Preview.

   

   You can also click Page Break Preview on the status bar.

3. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks.

   

4. Click Reset All Page Breaks.

Tip: You can also right-click any cell on the worksheet, and then click Reset All Page Breaks.

Return to Normal view

• To return to Normal view after you finish working with the page breaks, on the View tab, in the Workbook Views group, click Normal.

  You can also click Normal on the status bar.

  • After working with page breaks in Page Break Preview view, you may still see the page breaks in Normal view because page breaks have been turned on automatically. To hide the page breaks, close and reopen the workbook without saving it.

  • Page breaks remain visible when you close and reopen the workbook after saving it. To turn them off, click the File tab, click Options, click the Advanced category, scroll down to the Display options for this worksheet section, and clear the Show page breaks check box. For more information, see Display or hide page breaks in Normal view.

Display or hide page breaks in Normal view

1. Click the File tab > Options. In Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options.

2. In the Advanced category, under Display options for this worksheet, select or clear the Show page breaks check box to turn page breaks on or off in Normal view.

When you printing your work in Excel, it would help if there is a system to decide how much content goes on one page and what’s then printed on the next page, and so on.

By default, Excel does this by inserting page breaks at regular intervals in the worksheet while printing.

This is done based on the paper size, margins, and scale options.

But in case you need more control and want to decide how much content should be printed on Page 1 and where it should break and go to the next page, then you can manually insert a page break in between the pages.

This way Excel would know that as soon as a page break comes, it needs to stop printing on the current page and print the remaining on the next page.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to manually insert page breaks in Excel (and how to remove page breaks as well)

Manually Inserting Page Breaks in Excel (Horizontal/Vertical)

Suppose I have a data set as shown below where I have the sales numbers for different people working for different regions.

In this data, I want to print all the records for the US on the first phase and then all the remaining records on the second page.

If I go ahead and print the data as of now, everything would be printed on a single page because the data is not big enough to be split into multiple pages.

So to do this, I’ll have to manually insert a page break after the data for the US.

Below are the steps to do this:

1. Select the row above which you want to insert the page break. in our example that would be row 11
2. Click the ‘Page Layout’ tab
3. In the ‘Page Setup’ group, click on the ‘Breaks’ option
4. Click on the ‘Insert Page Break’ option

The above steps would insert the page break right above the selected row.

Excel also shows you the positions of the page breaks by adding a light gray dotted line between the two pages.

You may not be able to see this line if you already have the gridlines visible, but if you hide the gridlines you would be able to see this as shown below.

Just like the way I have inserted a horizontal page break in Excel, you can also insert a vertical page break.

Simply select the column B for which you want the page break to be added and go to the ‘Page Layout’ tab and click on the ‘Insert Page Break’ option

Note that you can insert as many page breaks as you want.

For example, if you want to print the data for each region on a different page, you can insert multiple horizontal page breaks by selecting the row right below where the data for that region ends and inserting a page break there.

Note: If you want to insert both horizontal and vertical page breaks at a specific location, you can do that by selecting the cell and repeating the same process above to insert the page break. Doing this would insert a horizontal page break right above the cell and a vertical page break just to the left of the cell.

Keyboard Shortcut to Insert Page Break

ALT + P + B + I

Check Page Break Insertion from the Page Break Preview

Once you have inserted the page breaks in Excel, you can quickly check what all would be printed on each page by going to the page break preview mode.

Below are the steps to do this:

1. Click the View tab
2. In the Workbook Views group, click on the Page Break Preview option

The above steps would change the view of your worksheet and you will be able to see how much content would be printed on each page.

Every page break is showed as a thick blue line, and pages are numbered which makes it easy to understand what content would go on what printed page.

To go back to the regular worksheet view, click on the Normal option in the View tab.

Note: You can also switch between the Normal view and Page Break Preview by clicking on the icons in the status bar.

Removing the Page Breaks

Just like you can add a page break in Excel, you can also easily remove a page break.

In our example, suppose I want to remove the page break that I inserted after the data for the US region.

Below other steps to do this:

1. Select the row above which you have the page break. That would be row #11 in our example
2. Click the ‘Page Layout’ tab
3. In the ‘Page Setup’ group, click on the ‘Breaks’ option
4. Click on ‘Remove page break’

The above steps would remove the page break above the selected row.

In case you have inserted multiple praise breaks that you want to remove, you’ll have to repeat this process one by one.

Note: you cannot remove multiple page breaks in one go by selecting multiple rows or columns. if you try and do that, Excel would only consider the last selected row and remove the page break above it.

Keyboard Shortcut to Remove the Page Break

ALT + P + B + R

Reset All Page Breaks

If you want to remove all the page breaks that you manually inserting and reset them to the default ones, there’s an option for that too.

Below are the steps to reset a page break in Excel:

1. Click the ‘Page Layout’ tab
2. In the ‘Page Setup’ group, click on the ‘Breaks’ option
3. Click on ‘Reset All Page Breaks’

Be above steps would remove all the manually inserted page breaks and place the page breaks based on the page size, margin, and scale (as it does by default)

Keyboard Shortcut to Remove the Page Break

ALT + P + B + A

Moving the Page Break Manually

Once you have inserted the page breaks in the worksheet, you can make minor adjustments by dragging the horizontal or vertical page break lines.

For this to work, you need to be in the Page Break Preview mode.

Below are the steps that you can use to move the page break by dragging it:

1. Click the View tab
2. In the workbook views group, click on the Page Break Preview option. This will change the worksheet view and you will be able to see all the page breaks as thick blue lines
3. Hover the cursor over the page break line that you want to adjust. You’ll notice that the cursor changes into a double-pointed arrow icon
4. Hold the mouse left key and drag the blue line wherever you want it to be placed and then leave the key
5. Click on the Normal option in the view tab to get back to the regular worksheet view

Hide or Show Page Break Dotted Line

While big breaks are quite useful if you print your data, one thing that really bugs me is the dotted gray line that remains in the worksheet after you have applied the page breaks.

Some people find it useful as it tells them where the page would break when printed, I on the other hand find it annoying.

And once you have applied the page breaks, that gray line would not go away till you save your workbook and restart it again.

So if you’re like me, you may want to hide the page break line forever.

Below are the steps to hide the page break line in Excel:

You can enable this setting to remove the page break gray line on specific worksheets or the entire workbook, but you cannot apply this setting to all the Excel workbooks.

If you want to do this for another workbook you open, you will have to follow the same steps again.

Add Page Break After Every Subtotal

If you add subtotal to your data set, then there is an option that allows you to automatically add page breaks whenever the data category changes.

Below I have this data set where I have the regions sorted in descending order (with subtotal applied).

For such a data set, it would make sense to add a subtotal that would show the target sales and the actual sales for each region, and the Subtotal would be added whenever the region changes (i.e., subtotal for US below the US regions of the total for the Middle-East below the Middle East region).

And when this data is printed, it may help to print all the regions in separate worksheets (which can be done by adding page breaks whenever the region changes).

Below other steps to add the subtotal and add the page break whenever the region changes:

1. Select any cell in the data set
2. Go to the Data tab
3. Click on the Subtotal option (I am using Microsoft 365 and it’s in the Outline options)
4. In the Subtotal dialog box that opens, click on the ‘At each change in’ drop-down and select Region
5. Check Sales Target and Actual Sales in the ‘Add Subtotal to’ options
6. Check the option ‘Page break between pages’
7. Click Ok

The above steps would add the subtotal to the data as shown below, and at the same time also add a page break whenever the region changes.

This could be useful when you want to print data for each country in a separate sheet.

You can see where the page breaks are added by clicking on the View tab and then clicking on the Page Break Preview option

So, this is how you can easily insert a page break in Excel. I also covered how you can delete some of the page breaks, remove them completely. or reset it back to the default setting.

I hope you found this tutorial useful.

Other Excel tutorials you may also like:

• How to Print Excel Sheet on One Page (Fit to One Page)
• How to Print Multiple Sheets (or All Sheets) in Excel in One Go
• How to Set the Print Area in Excel Worksheets
• How to Print the Top Row on Every Page in Excel (Repeat Row/Column Headers)
• How to Insert Page Numbers in Excel Worksheets

Page breaks are dividers that break a worksheet into separate pages for printing. Microsoft Excel inserts automatic page breaks based on the paper size, margin settings, scale options, and the positions of any manual page breaks that you insert.

How do I insert a page break in an Excel spreadsheet?

Insert a horizontal or vertical manual page break
Select the row that is underneath the row where you want the page to break. Select the column that is to the right of the column where you want the page to break. On the Layout tab, under Page Setup, click Breaks, and then click Insert Page Break.

What indicates a page break?

A page break defines where one page ends and another one begins. You can see the range of cells that will be printed by selecting (View > Page Break Preview). This lets you see the print area clearly with all the page breaks identified. The White area denotes the area that will be printed.

Why is my Excel sheet broken into pages?

In Excel, page break marks are inserted automatically according to the paper size, margin and scale options. If the default settings don’t work for you, you can easily insert page breaks in Excel manually.

How do you insert a page break?

Go to Layout > Breaks > Page.

1. Click or tap in the document where you want a page break.
2. Go to Insert > Page Break.

How do I insert a page break in a column in Excel?

Select the column to the right of the column where you want the page to break. On the Page Layout tab, click Breaks, and then click Insert Page Break.

What are the types of page break?

Among the kinds of page breaks, there are simple page breaks, column breaks, and text wrapping breaks. The different kinds of section breaks include next page, continuous, even page, and odd page breaks.

How do I get rid of page breaks in Excel?

If you want to remove a vertical page break, select the any cell of the column which is right to the page break you want to remove, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Remove Page Break.

How do I remove page breaks?

To remove a page break you added in manually, click the Home tab. Click Show/Hide ¶ to display the page breaks in your document. Find the manual page break you want to remove and double click the page break to highlight it. Finally, hit the Delete or Backspace key to remove it.

What is the shortcut key for page break?

Ctrl+Enter
To insert a page break, press Ctrl+Enter.

What is a column break?

A column break places a hard break, much like a page break or section break, in the inserted location and forces the rest of the text to appear in the next column. In a document that includes columns, place the cursor where you want the column to break.

What is the difference between a soft page break and a hard page break?

A “hard” page break, inserted by the user, breaks the page at that location. “Soft” page breaks are created by word processing and report programs based on the current page length setting.

How do I insert a page break between two rows in Excel?

Select the row below where you want the page break to appear. For example, if you want to insert a page break between rows 28 and 29, select row 29. Click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, select the Breaks command, then click Insert Page Break. The page break will be inserted, represented by a dark blue line.

Can you do a vertical page break in Excel?

If you want to insert a vertical line break between columns C and D, for example, select column D. Insert the vertical page break. On the “Page Layout” tab, click the arrow beneath the “Breaks” icon, then select “Insert Page Break.” A thick vertical line will indicate the location of your new break.

When working in page break Preview you can?

While in Page Break Preview, you can use the mouse to adjust page breaks, or insert/remove them. Click View > Page Break Preview. You can see your worksheet divided into separate pages for printing.

How do I use page breaks and section breaks?

You need to place a Next Page section break wherever you want to change something in the document such as page numbering, margins or orientation.

1. Place your insert point where you want the section break to be.
2. On the Page Layout ribbon, select Breaks and then Next Page under Section Breaks.

Section breaks create a barrier between different parts of a document, allowing you to format each section independently. For example, you may want one section to have two columns without adding columns to the entire document. Word offers several types of section breaks.

How will you create a page break Why is it needed?

Insert a page break when you want to move to the beginning of the next page in your document.Using page breaks, your text will retain the formatting of the previous page in your document. Using a page break will also ensure that the space between pages remains intact, whatever changes you make.

How do I remove a page break in a WPS spreadsheet?

Graphic skills
After Page Break is displayed, we can place the mouse cursor behind the Page Break and press the Delete key to remove the Page Break in WPS Writer.

How do I replace a line break in an Excel comma?

Below are the steps to remove line breaks using Find and Replace and replace it with a comma:

1. Select the dataset from which you want to remove the line breaks.
2. Click the Home tab.
3. In the Editing group, click on ‘Find & Select’
4. In the options that show up, click on ‘Replace’

What is the code for a line break in Excel?

10
The character code for a line break in Excel varies depending on the platform. On Windows, the code is 10 and on a Mac it’s 13. Note: make sure you have Wrap Text enabled on cells that contain line breaks. In Excel 365, both Win and Mac versions of Excel use CHAR(10) as a line break.

If you feel your data is crowding the page it is to be printed on and dividing the data would help with clarity, you can insert page breaks on your sheet. Page breaks are more for the print aesthetic than anything else, as you wouldn’t want to unnecessarily see gray lines on the worksheet if it wasn’t going to be printed.

Page breaks aren’t just dependent on manual insertion. According to the formats in the sheet (empty column/row causing a gap in the dataset, borders, etc.), Excel will have automatically set page breaks. If you check any worksheet in Print Preview or Page Break Preview (how-to explained later), you will see how Excel has distributed the data into multiple pages. That is Excel’s doing; this tutorial will be about your doing and how you can work with page breaks.

Let’s start by understanding the types of Page Breaks in Excel.

What are Automatic and Manual Page Breaks

Page breaks are the separators that determine where one-page ends and the next one begins while printing a worksheet. Excel, by default, adds page break marks automatically at regular intervals according to paper dimensions, margin, and scale options selected while printing.

These default page breaks that Excel automatically inserts are known as automatic page breaks. Automatic page breaks are denoted by a dotted/dashed line.

However, if you want to have more control over the way your worksheet gets printed, you can create your own page breaks and insert them manually. Such page breaks are known as manual page breaks. Manual page breaks are denoted by a solid line.

In Page Break Preview mode, manual page breaks are depicted by a solid blue line while automatic ones are shown by dashed blue lines as shown above. Do not worry if you are not aware of the Page Break Preview mode, we are going to see that in the subsequent sections.

Let’s try finding out how we can add a page break manually.

How to Insert Manual Page Breaks in Excel

Manually you can add the following three types of page breaks to your worksheet:

• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Double (horizontal and vertical)

We will walk you through each of them. However, before you insert any page breaks, try checking the Page Break Preview. Maybe Excel’s automatic page breaking is similar to your idea of page breaks which can also be adjusted (read below for details). If you’d rather add your own touches first, here’s how to add page breaks.

The keyboard shortcut to insert a page break:

Alt + P + B + I

It might be helpful to remember the shortcut with its initials i.e. PBI (page break insert).

How to Manually Insert a Horizontal Page Break

The steps to add a horizontal page break on the worksheet are:

• Select the row where you want to add the page break. The page break will be inserted just above the selection. In our example, we want a page break between rows 11 and 12 so we have selected row 12.

• Go to Page Layout tab > Page Setup section > Breaks button > Insert Page Break

• And that inserts the page break in a gray line which is slightly darker than gridlines.

If the page break didn’t quite make the statement you wanted it to, you can remove the gridlines to see it better but it is very much there. One of the few ways to blank out the gridlines: in the Page Layout tab, Sheet Options section, uncheck the View checkbox for Gridlines.

Now the page break is more visible.

Note – The page break can also be previewed in Page Break Preview (Alt + WI). Press (Alt + WN) to revert to Normal view.

How to Manually Insert a Vertical Page Break

The process of adding a vertical page break is very similar to that of adding a horizontal page break. Here we have the steps to add a vertical page break on the worksheet:

• Select the column where you want to add the page break. The page break will be inserted on the left of the selection. We want a page break between columns B and C so we have selected column C.

• Go to Page Layout tab > Page Setup section > Breaks button > Insert Page Break

These steps add the vertical page break which is a gray line slightly darker than gridlines:

If the page break isn’t up to your level of visibility, you can remove the gridlines to see it better.

How to Manually Insert Double Page Breaks (Horizontal & Vertical)

Here we will show you how to add a crisscross page break. With this method, Excel will add a horizontal and vertical page break simultaneously. Instead of selecting a row and a column, you need to select the cell, combining selection criteria of both horizontal and vertical page break selection. The crisscross page break will appear on the top left corner of the selected cell. Let us show you:

• Select the cell where you want to insert the page break. The page break will appear above and on the left of the selection. We want the page break between rows 11 and 12 and between columns B and C so we have selected C12.

• Go to Page Layout tab > Page Setup section > Breaks button > Insert Page Break

These steps add the horizontal and vertical page breaks which is a gray crisscross line slightly darker than gridlines:

With gridlines removed the page breaks can be seen clearly.

Recommended Reading: All About Named Ranges in Excel

View All Page Breaks

By default, the workbook is in normal view. You can view all the page breaks in the Page Break Preview from:

1. Page Break Preview icon in the Status Bar.
2. Page Break Preview button on the ribbon menu.
3. Keyboard shortcuts.

Let’s go over all three.

Page Break Preview Using Status Bar

A single-click option lies at the bottom of the workbook in the Status Bar in the form of these icons:

The left one is by default the Normal view and the rightmost one is the Page Break Preview icon. The Page Break Preview will look like this:

The page breaks in the Page Break Preview are represented by blue lines and the pages will appear numbered. The zoom level will automatically shrink to 60% to allow maximum page breaks to be seen.

The page breaks can be adjusted (explained in the next segment). Click on the Normal icon to go back to the normal view.

Page Break Preview Using Ribbon Menu

Another way to see the Page Break Preview is from the top ribbon. Click on the View In the Workbook Views section, you will note that the Normal option is selected.

Select the Page Break Preview option next to it.

Here also the Page Breaks are represented by solid blue lines for manual page breaks and dashed blue lines for automatic page breaks. The pages are numbered. You can click on the Normal button to go back to the normal view.

Page Break Preview Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Press (Alt + WI) for Page Break Preview.

Page breaks to some extent can also be seen in the Print Preview. The difference between viewing page breaks in Print Preview and Page Break Preview is that the Print Preview will only show the contents of a single page and though you may understand the distribution page by page, the Page Break Preview will display all the pages and page breaks showing the complete distribution.

And of course, the page breaks can be adjusted by moving them in Page Break Preview. Let’s show you how.

Move a Page Break in Excel

Page breaks can be adjusted by moving them in Page Break Preview. It’s as simple as accessing the Page Break Preview by any one of the three ways above and adjusting the blue lines.

In this section, we will try to see how to move both manual as well as automatic page breaks in Excel.

Adjust a Manual Page Break

Let’s say we want to adjust the manual page break from being between columns B and C to being between A and B:

• Click on the Page Break Preview icon on the Status Bar or navigate to it from the Ribbon View > Page Break Preview.
• Hover the cursor to the page break you want to adjust. The cursor will change to a double-headed arrow, indicating the directions in which the page break can be moved. For our case, we will drag the page break to the adjacent column.

We have adjusted the page break to the next column.

Adjust an Automatic Page Break

Like Manual Page Breaks, Automatic Page Breaks can also be moved and adjusted. However, after moving an automatic page break (with dashed line) it transforms into a manual page break (with solid line).

Let’s see this in action:

We are trying to move the automatic page break between columns B and C to be between A and B.

• Click on the Page Break Preview icon on the Status Bar or navigate to it from the Ribbon View > Page Break Preview.
• Hover the cursor to the page break you want to adjust. The cursor will change to a double-headed arrow, indicating the directions in which the page break can be moved. For our case, we will drag the page break to the adjacent column.

• You will notice that the page break changes its position as intended but also changes its style from a dashed blue line to a solid blue line. This change in style signifies that the page break has now become a manual page break.

Remove Page Breaks in Excel

Manual page breaks can be deleted in the Page Break Preview. Let’s see how to:

1. Remove a manual page break
2. Reset all manual page breaks

Note: Automatic page breaks cannot be removed, you can just reposition them.

Remove a Manual Page Break

Manual page breaks can be removed by selection but since a page break itself cannot be selected, we have to select the row below the page break (for a horizontal page break) or the column on the right of the page break (for a vertical page break).

Let’s try to do it:

• Click on the Page Break Preview icon on the Status Bar or navigate to it from the Ribbon View > Page Break Preview.
• Next, you need to select the appropriate row, column, or cell in order to delete the page break.
  • To delete a horizontal page break select the row just beneath the page break that you want to remove.
  • To delete a vertical page break select the column just next (rightwards) to the page break that you want to remove.
  • To delete a criss-cross page break select the cell in the bottom right of the page break as shown.

• After selecting the appropriate cell, row, or column. Navigate to the Page Layout tab > Page Setup section > Breaks button > Remove Page Break option.

• Alternatively, you can also, right-click the selection and select Remove Page Break from the context menu. Or you can also use the keyboard shortcut ALT + P + B + R

Reset all Manual Page Breaks

With this method, all the manual page breaks can be removed from the worksheet. This option will basically reset all the manually inserted page breaks.

Let’s show you how to make use of this feature.

• Click on the Page Break Preview icon on the Status Bar or navigate to it from the Ribbon View > Page Break Preview.
• Navigate to Page Layout tab > Page Setup section > Breaks button > Reset all Page Breaks option.

• Alternatively, you can also, right-click anywhere on the sheet and select Reset all Page Breaks from the context menu. Or you can also use the keyboard shortcut ALT + P + B + A

Hide or Show Page Break Marks

If the page break marks are bothering you while working on the sheet, you can hide the marks from Excel options. Here’s how:

This is what the page breaks are looking like on the worksheet with the gridlines removed.

• Click on the File tab and select Options from the left panel.

• Select Advanced from the left pane and scroll below to Display options for this worksheet Uncheck the Show page break checkbox.

• Click OK and close the Excel Options dialog box.

Coming back to your worksheet, the page break marks have disappeared.

Use the same steps and tick the Show page break checkbox to make the page break marks visible again.

Page Break along with Subtotal

Now here’s one of the nifty things about Excel; the control over the data. You can have Excel automatically adding page breaks to group categories in a dataset by using the Subtotal feature. Let’s see how to make it happen:

We have sales data regarding a hair salon.

The data can be arranged to group the performance of branches or even the services to highlight which services are the cash cows in the salon. For now, we will check the performance of the branches.

First, we filter the data according to the Branch. Then we apply the Subtotal feature. Find the steps below:

• Filter the data, sorting it from smallest to largest.

• This will filter the data branch-wise.

• Now, let’s add the Subtotal feature. To do this, navigate to the Data tab > Outline section > Subtotal

• This will launch the Subtotal dialog box. From the At each change in: menu, select Branch as we want to focus on the changes related to the Branch. Tick the Sales checkbox to add the subtotals for Sales. Tick the Page break between groups checkbox for the page breaks to be added.

Neat isn’t it? Conveniently, each branch’s data can be printed on separate pages with the totals of each branch and the page breaks added, thanks to the page break option in the Subtotal feature.

We should call the end now. That was really interesting, learning how things can be controlled around the humble page break. Looks like page break got its big break today. Next time you’re having trouble with what to print on your sheets, try taking pointers from this tutorial instead of having a breakdown over page breaks. We always have more from Excel ready for you and we’ll keep it coming.