I'm trying to understand section breaks a little better, and learn if there is a better way to approach things.

I have Word 2013 document that has 5 sections to it. They all use next page section breaks.

Section 1 is the Cover Page
Section 2 is the TOC
Sections 3, 4, and 5 are the 'body' of the report.

Sections 1 and 2 are in portrait, and have specific header/footer content info for them

Sections 3 and 5 are also set for portrait. However, section 4 is set for landscape.

Now, since section 4 is not always needed, I have found that when the user deletes/remove that information when pressing 'delete' at the end of section 3, all of section 3 is changed from portrait to landscape. Is that the normal word behavior? Or can you possible delete a section break (ie, break 4) and still keep the orientation of the section above it was is?

Similarly, if the user presses delete at the end of section 4, since section 5 is portrait, then section 4 becomes portrait as well.