In MS Word, a Page Break is an important feature of page layout that helps you start a new page wherever you want. After inserting page breaks, all formatting of the previous page applies to the new page, which makes the whole document neat and well organized. In this article, you will learn how to programmatically add or remove page breaks in a Word document using Spire.Doc for C++.
- Insert a Page Break after a Specific Paragraph in Word in C++
- Insert a Page Break after a Specific Text in Word in C++
- Remove Page Breaks in a Word Document in C++
Install Spire.Doc for C++
There are two ways to integrate Spire.Doc for C++ into your application. One way is to install it through NuGet, and the other way is to download the package from our website and copy the libraries into your program. Installation via NuGet is simpler and more recommended. You can find more details by visiting the following link.
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Insert a Page Break after a Specific Paragraph in Word in C++
Spire.Doc for C++ offers the Paragraph->AppendBreak(BreakType::PageBreak) method to insert a page break after a paragraph. Once inserted, a symbol indicating the page break will be shown. The following are the detailed steps.
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word document using Document->LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specified section using Document->GetSections()->GetItem(sectionIndex) method.
- Get a specified paragraph using Section->GetParagraphs()->GetItem(paragraphIndex) method.
- Add a page break to end of the paragraph using Paragraph->AppendBreak(BreakType::PageBreak) method.
- Save the result document using Document->SaveToFile() method.
- C++
#include "Spire.Doc.o.h"
using namespace Spire::Doc;
int main() {
//Specify input file path and name
std::wstring input_path = L"Data\\";
std::wstring inputFile = input_path + L"Input.docx";
//Specify output file path and name
std::wstring output_path = L"Output\\";
std::wstring outputFile = output_path + L"InsertPageBreak.docx";
//Create a Document instance
Document* document = new Document();
//Load a Word document from disk
document->LoadFromFile(inputFile.c_str());
//Get the first section
Section* section = document->GetSections()->GetItem(0);
//Get the 2nd paragraph in the section
Paragraph* paragraph = section->GetParagraphs()->GetItem(1);
//Insert a page break after the paragraph
paragraph->AppendBreak(BreakType::PageBreak);
//Save the result document
document->SaveToFile(outputFile.c_str(), FileFormat::Docx2013);
document->Close();
delete document;
}
Insert a Page Break after a Specific Text in Word in C++
In addition to inserting a page break after a paragraph, Spire.Doc for C++ also allows you to find a specified text and then insert the page break after the specified text. The following are the detailed steps.
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word document using Document->LoadFromFile() method.
- Find a specified text using Document->FindString() method.
- Get the text range of the specified text using TextSelection->GetAsOneRange() method.
- Get the paragraph where the text range is located using TextRange->GetOwnerParagraph() method.
- Get the position index of the text range in the paragraph using Paragraph->GetChildObjects()->IndexOf() method.
- Initialize an instance of Break class to create a page break.
- Insert the page break after the specified text using Paragraph->GetChildObjects()->Insert() method.
- Save the result document using Document->SaveToFile() method.
- C++
#include "Spire.Doc.o.h"
using namespace Spire::Doc;
int main() {
//Specify input file path and name
std::wstring input_path = L"Data\\";
std::wstring inputFile = input_path + L"Input.docx";
//Specify output file path and name
std::wstring output_path = L"Output\\";
std::wstring outputFile = output_path + L"InsertPageBreakAfterText.docx";
//Create a Document instance
Document* document = new Document();
//Load a Word document from disk
document->LoadFromFile(inputFile.c_str());
//Find a specified text
TextSelection* selection = document->FindString(L"infrastructure", true, true);
//Get the text range of the specified text
TextRange* range = selection->GetAsOneRange();
//Get the paragraph where the text range is located
Paragraph* paragraph = range->GetOwnerParagraph();
//Get the position index of the text range in the paragraph
int index = paragraph->GetChildObjects()->IndexOf(range);
//Create a page break
Break* pageBreak = new Break(document, BreakType::PageBreak);
//Insert a page break after the specified text
paragraph->GetChildObjects()->Insert(index + 1, pageBreak);
//Save to result document
document->SaveToFile(outputFile.c_str(), FileFormat::Docx2013);
document->Close();
delete document;
}
Remove Page Breaks in a Word Document in C++
Some mistakenly added page breaks can mess up the structure of your entire document, so it's quite necessary to remove them. The following are the steps to remove page breaks in a Word document.
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word document using Document->LoadFromFile() method.
- Traverse through each paragraph in the first section, and then traverse through each child object of a paragraph.
- Determine whether the child object type is a page break. If yes, remove the page break from the paragraph using Paragraph->GetChildObjects()->Remove() method.
- Save the result document using Document->SaveToFile() method.
- C++
#include "Spire.Doc.o.h"
using namespace Spire::Doc;
int main() {
//Specify input file path and name
std::wstring input_path = L"Data\\";
std::wstring inputFile = input_path + L"InsertPageBreak.docx";
//Specify output file path and name
std::wstring output_path = L"Output\\";
std::wstring outputFile = output_path + L"RemovePageBreaks.docx";
//Create a Document instance
Document* document = new Document();
//Load a Word document from disk
document->LoadFromFile(inputFile.c_str());
//Traverse through each paragraph in the first section of the document
for (int j = 0; j < document->GetSections()->GetItem(0)->GetParagraphs()->GetCount(); j++)
{
Paragraph* p = document->GetSections()->GetItem(0)->GetParagraphs()->GetItem(j);
//Traverse through each child object of a paragraph
for (int i = 0; i < p->GetChildObjects()->GetCount(); i++)
{
DocumentObject* obj = p->GetChildObjects()->GetItem(i);
//Determine whether the child object type is a page break
if (obj->GetDocumentObjectType() == DocumentObjectType::Break)
{
Break* b = dynamic_cast<Break*>(obj);
//Remove the page break from the paragraph
p->GetChildObjects()->Remove(b);
}
}
}
//Save the result document
document->SaveToFile(outputFile.c_str(), FileFormat::Docx2013);
document->Close();
delete document;
}
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