Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect® 12

Inserting a Page Break

You've probably already noticed that WordPerfect creates a new page for you whenever you fill up the current one. It happens automatically, so you don't even have to think about it. However, there are situations when you want to create a new page even though you haven't filled up the current page. Title pages come to mind, and so do headings that you want to place at the beginning of a new page.

To create a new page, you insert a page break on the current page. This type of page break is known as a hard page. The new page that WordPerfect creates for you is called a soft page.

To insert a hard page break, press Ctrl+Enter. In Page view mode, you will see a gray space between the two pages (see Figure 8.1). In Draft view ...