How page breaks work in the DoxFlowy Documents editor

A quick look at how to manage page breaks when creating or uploading documents for your document automation workflow

Page breaks are an important part of creating a document.

They help order information and ensure that major sections receive the attention they deserve. 

There are two ways to create page breaks in DoxFlowy. 

1. Automatically 

2. Manually 

Automatic page breaks

When you're composing your document, page breaks are automatically inserted as the page gets longer. This is similar to what happens when you're composing in software such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs. 

The only difference is that the automatic page breaks aren't visible inside the editor. We use dimensions close to those of A4 paper at 8 X 11 inches. This is slightly different than those found in Microsoft Word which is 8.5 X 11 inches by default. 

Know that when you're composing your documents, page breaks will be automatically inserted as you type.

The way to view how the page will be broken up when it's generated as a Word or PDF document is to use the print preview option in the menu. 

You can also choose to insert page breaks manually. 

Manual page break insertion 

There are times when you want your page to end at a specific point. Maybe you want to emphasize a clause, add a cover page, or something else. 

The point is, you want more control over your document than automatic page breaks can provide. 

If you know you want to add page breaks at specific points, you can do it manually by clicking on the page break button in the top menu. 

After clicking the button, a page break will be inserted at the cursor's location within the document editor. 

From the image above, it appears that the page has been shortened to just a few inches. 

That's not the case. 

When the document is generated, only the text preceding the page break will be a part of the page. The rest will be filled with white space as you'd expect from a page break of this nature. 

You can see an example below. 

As you can see, the content before the page break occupies the top of the page and the rest of the page is left blank. The remaining content continues on the next page. 

You can take advantage of the manual page break to gain more control over how documents will be structured when they're generated.