[Java] Insert Page Break and Section Break in Word Document

In a Word document, we can use page break to split a page into two pages or use section break to start a new section. This article will demonstrate how to insert page break and section break programatically using Free Spire.Doc for Java.

Installation
Method 1: Download the Free Spire.Doc for Java and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your Java application as dependency.

Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
   <repository>
      <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
      <name>e-iceblue</name>
      <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
   </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
   <dependency>
      <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
      <artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>
      <version>3.9.0</version>
   </dependency>
</dependencies>

A screeshot of the input Word document:

Insert page break

The following sample code shows how to insert page break to a Word document by using the appendBreak method in Paragraph class.

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;

public class PageBreak {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        //load Word document
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Moon.docx");

        //get the first section
        Section section = document.getSections().get(0);
        //add page break to paragraph 4
        Paragraph paragraph = section.getParagraphs().get(3);
        paragraph.appendBreak(BreakType.Page_Break);

        //save the document
        document.saveToFile("AddPageBreak.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
    }
}

Insert Section break

The following sample code shows how to insert section break to a Word document by using the insertSectionBreak method in Paragraph class.

import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;

public class SectionBreak {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        //load Word document
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Moon.docx");

        //get the first section
        Section section = document.getSections().get(0);

        //add a section break to paragraph 4 and start the new section on the next page
        Paragraph paragraph = section.getParagraphs().get(3);
        paragraph.insertSectionBreak(SectionBreakType.New_Page);

        //save the document
        document.saveToFile("AddSectionBreak.docx", FileFormat.Docx_2013);
    }
}