Add column, frame, and page breaks
Control column, frame, and page breaks by inserting special break characters in the text.
- Using the Type tool, click to place the insertion point where you want the break to occur.
- Choose Type > Insert Break Character, and then choose a break option from the submenu.
You can also create breaks by using the
Enter key on the numeric keypad. For a column break, press Enter;
for a frame break, press Shift+Enter; and for a page break, press
Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Command+Return (Mac OS).To remove a break character, choose Type > Show Hidden Characters so that you can see nonprinting characters, and then select and delete the break character.
Note: If you create a
break by changing paragraph settings (as in the Keep Options dialog
box), the break precedes the paragraph that contains the setting.
If you create a break using a special character, the break occurs
immediately after the special character.
Break options
The following options appear on the Type > Insert Break Character menu:
- Column break
- Flows text to the next column in the current text frame. If the frame has only one column, the text goes to the next threaded frame.
- Frame break
- Flows text to the next threaded text frame, regardless of the current text frame’s column setup.
- Page break
- Flows text to the next page with a text frame threaded to the current text frame.
- Odd page break
- Flows text to the next odd-numbered page with a text frame threaded to the current text frame.
- Even page break
-
Flows text to the next even-numbered page with a text frame
threaded to the current text frame.
The above break characters do not work in tables.
- Forced Line Break
- Forces a line to break where the character is inserted.
- Paragraph Return
- Inserts a paragraph return (the same as pressing Enter or Return).
Related break options are available in the Keep Options dialog box and in the Paragraph Style Options dialog box.