Yes, Word crashed. The problem is that all my edits are in this copy. So even when I copy and paste the manuscript, the line still shows up. Is there any way I can preserve this manuscript? I don't know how to put in a manual page break, so I am perplexed. I had backup every version on two zip drives, but when I retrieved them under simply Wildflower, they were recovered files. I have worked so hard on this book. It is to bring awareness to human trafficking, child abuse, and domestic violence. Can you help me? Thank you for your patience. (I don't want to add page numbers until I have fixed this manuscript.)

I am reading about section breaks from the link you gave me. It is so confusing to me. Plus I am paralyzed, confined to bed, and typing upwards on my laptop on my overbed table. I have checked different first page and odd and even pages for my book. My first chapter begins on the ninth page of my manuscript. I am so lost. I think I corrected the problem with the black line. I am not sure. All I have left after this before I can publish is the page numbers to be in sequence and start on ninth page and end at last chapter.