Word replacing “next page” section breaks with continuous section breaks

Solution 1:

Whenever you delete a section break, the section before that break takes on the page layout of the section after that break. So when you delete that Continuous break the break before will always change to a Continuous break. You then just go into the page layout and change it back to Next Page.

Solution 2:

MS-Word solution has been there all along. Why it's buried here????

From: https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/word-changing-a-section-breaks-type/

1. Click inside the section you want to changed, i.e. BELOW the marker for the section break you want to change.
2. Go to the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Launch icon dialog launcher at the bottom right of the Page Setup group to open the Page Setup dialog box. (little box with arrow)
4. Select the Layout tab.
5. Select the type of section break from the Section Start list, then click OK. The section changes immediately.

Solution 3:

Go to "View", select option "Draft" view, then it shows where you have "Section Break (Next Page)" - if your document does not have that then it will continue showing the same section, even if you select "Insert/page break". I think sometimes this function Insert/page break" gets stuck and keeps inserting "section break" instead of "page break". I'Draft' view you can delete the "section break" and add "page break". This is the only thing that worked for me, and I started having these issues with MS 365, but not in prior versions.