page_break_before property

ParagraphFormat.page_break_before property

True if a page break is forced before the paragraph.

@property
def page_break_before(self) -> bool:
    ...

@page_break_before.setter
def page_break_before(self, value: bool):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to create paragraphs with page breaks at the beginning.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Set this flag to "True" to apply a page break to each paragraph's beginning
# that the document builder will create under this ParagraphFormat configuration.
# The first paragraph will not receive a page break.
# Leave this flag as "False" to start each new paragraph on the same page
# as the previous, provided there is sufficient space.
builder.paragraph_format.page_break_before = page_break_before
builder.writeln('Paragraph 1.')
builder.writeln('Paragraph 2.')
layout_collector = aw.layout.LayoutCollector(doc)
paragraphs = doc.first_section.body.paragraphs
if page_break_before:
    self.assertEqual(1, layout_collector.get_start_page_index(paragraphs[0]))
    self.assertEqual(2, layout_collector.get_start_page_index(paragraphs[1]))
else:
    self.assertEqual(1, layout_collector.get_start_page_index(paragraphs[0]))
    self.assertEqual(1, layout_collector.get_start_page_index(paragraphs[1]))
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'ParagraphFormat.page_break_before.docx')

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