Insert Page Break and Section Break into Word documents using Java

In a Word document, we can use page break to split a page into two pages, and can also use section break to start a new section. This article will demonstrate how to insert page break and section break into a Word document using Java codes.

Of course, it’s necessary to use a free third-party library called Free Spire.Doc for Java for finishing the operation above. You can download it from the E-iceblue official website or directly refer to the Jar file in the library by using the following Maven configurations.

<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>

Using the code

Insert Page Break

Free Spire.Doc for Java provides the appendBreak method to insert page break into a Word document. Now I use the following codes to add page break to the paragraph 8 of a Word sample document.

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

public class InsertPageBreak {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //load Word document
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx");

        //get the first section
        Section section = document.getSections().get(0);
        //add page break to paragraph 8
        Paragraph paragraph = section.getParagraphs().get(7);
        paragraph.appendBreak(BreakType.Page_Break);

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

Output



Insert Section Break
The following codes show how to insert section break to the paragraph 8 of a Word sample document by using the insertSectionBreak
method provided by Free Spire.Doc for Java.
import com.spire.doc.*;
import com.spire.doc.documents.*;

public class InsertSectionBreak {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //load Word document
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Sample.docx");

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

        //add a section break to paragraph 8 and start the new section on the next page
        Paragraph paragraph = section.getParagraphs().get(7);
        paragraph.insertSectionBreak(SectionBreakType.New_Page);

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