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daniels91095435
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February 24, 2017
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How to insert a blank page in a document ?

  • February 24, 2017
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Hello,

I am looking for the same "page break" function used in Word but for FrameMaker to insert and jump to a blank page in the document.

It must be so easy but I can't find it.

Thanks

Dan

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    Correct answer Bob_Niland

    Ashley_Bryant: … I've used the Special > Page Break  … FrameMaker 2020, and the Special menu is gone.

    It's on the Insert menu now.
    It still works the way it always did, applying a fragile Pagination override to the selected paragraph.

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    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    February 24, 2017

    It's at Special > Page Break

    in older versions*, but all that does is locally override the Pagination of the current paragraph to start at a page top. If you later update formats, removing overrides, it's going to revert.

     

    There are only about a zillion ways to force a new page or an empty page, and this can be further complicated by just how empty you might want a deliberately empty page to be, for example:

    • Heading Pagination formats that specify top of page, perhaps top of left/right
    • Pagination: Keep with next/previous, that may force content to new page
    • Empty anchored Frame-Below that shoves content to new page.
    • Empty borderless tables that do the same thing
    • Specific paragraph formats that trigger what appears to be an empty page.

     

    PS - Special > Add Disconnected Page
    is almost always an unwise way to do it.

    * Update: in newer versions, it's on the Insert menu.

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    Ashley_Bryant
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    February 27, 2021

    Hi Bob. I see that your response is from a few years ago. Has anything changes since then? I've used the Special > Page Break feature for 10 years in a particular document that I maintain. I justed upgraded to FrameMaker 2020, and the Special menu is gone. 

     

    Can you please give me your thoughts on the simplest way to force a page break (other than pressing Return one or two times)? I don't want a blank page. I just want to adjust where it breaks. I never had problems with the old method, and I don't understand why Adobe removed it. (Sorry if I'm venting a little.)

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 27, 2021

    Ashley_Bryant: … I've used the Special > Page Break  … FrameMaker 2020, and the Special menu is gone.

    It's on the Insert menu now.
    It still works the way it always did, applying a fragile Pagination override to the selected paragraph.

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