IS there a way to view page breaks in Writer?

mpompey · Newbie Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 1

I've got manual breaks inserted into my document, but I can't see them. I've checked the View options and there doesn't seem to be any place that says page breaks.

Does Writer support this?

bryancole · OOo Advocate Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 305

Page breaks are indicated by a thin blue line at the top of the text-area of the new page. This is quite hard to notice unless you're already familiar with it. You must also have "View->Text Boundaries" selected. You can make them more visible if you change the line colour to something like bright red. To do this, click "Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org->Appearance->TextDocument->Page and Column Breaks" and select a different colour (light red seems the most visible to me).

Now, create a new text document, hit Ctrl-Enter to create a manual page break and the red line should be obvious at the top of the new page.

HTH

Kaaredyret · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

This thin blue line is hopeless; especially if your eyes are tired and you are scrolling through many pages.

Support this issue, so we can get a decent page break indicator:

http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33518
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BillP · Super User Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2702

I hadn't even realize there was an indicator. It was black on my system and practically invisible. I changed it to light red which made it easier to see.