WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

PageBreakAbove

is an option for Cell which specifies whether a page break should be made immediately above the cell if the notebook that contains the cell is printed.

Details
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
History
Cite this Page

PageBreakAbove

PageBreakAbove

is an option for Cell which specifies whether a page break should be made immediately above the cell if the notebook that contains the cell is printed.

Details

  • A setting of Automatic specifies that a page break should be made if necessary.
  • A setting of True specifies that a page break should always be made, while a setting of False specifies that it should never be made.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a document and select the seventh cell in it:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[Table[TextCell["abcde", "Text"], {20}], ShowPageBreaks -> True];
Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, Cell, 7]

Set a page break above that cell:

Wolfram Language code: SetOptions[NotebookSelection[nb], PageBreakAbove -> True]
Wolfram Research (1996), PageBreakAbove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), PageBreakAbove, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "PageBreakAbove." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). PageBreakAbove. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_pagebreakabove, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PageBreakAbove}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_pagebreakabove, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PageBreakAbove}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PageBreakAbove.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}