In this post, you will get to know How to Split a paragraph into two in  Microsoft Word in simple terms.
Sometimes, you feel that the paragraph in your Word document is too long which leads to quite a difficulty in readability. So, you need to split the paragraph into two so that it is easier for the reader to understand.
Splitting One Paragraph into Two
To split a paragraph into two, follow the below-mentioned steps:
- Go to the Home tab, click the Replace option in the Editing group, or use the Ctrl + H command.
- Now, the Find and Replace dialogue box will appear on your screen as in the below image.
![How to Split Two paragraphs from One in Word?](https://developerpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot-2020-12-30-172021-1024x587.png)
- In the Find What text box, type a period (.) as the sentences in the paragraph end with a period.
- In the Replace With text box, select the Manual Line break option twice from the Special pop-up menu.
![Splitting One Paragraph into Two](https://developerpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot-2020-12-30-172531-1024x584.png)
- You can reach where you want to split your paragraph using Find Next option.
- Click the Replace button to apply the line breaks.
- If you want to split the paragraph into individual sentences, click the Replace All button.
- Now, in the below image, you can see that the line breaks are applied and the paragraph is split into two parts.
![](https://developerpublish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot-2020-12-30-173556-1024x591.png)
We can split the paragraph into two also by clicking the Enter key twice after that sentence.