When I click the page break icon at the top of Libre Office I get a line return - but no page break. This problem occurred once before in a different document - I wrote that off as a fluke. Now, it’s happening again. I have no idea why.
OS name, exact LO version (not “latest” which is not informative), save format
I have no idea which icon is “page break” (my workflow is different than yours and I very very rarely use the tool bars). Have you changed the user interface from “standard” to some tabbed or ribbon one?
Usually, a page break is inserted with Ctl+Enter and you keep your hands on the keyboard, no need to grasp the mouse.
OK, I figured it out.
You are under Tabbed UI (bad idea). And there is indeed a Page Break icon.
But, you also selected Web View in View tab. In this mode (which is intended to render HTML-like documents, page breaks, margins and other elements are not displayed because they don’t make sense in Web documents (there is no notion of physical paper page).
To return to usual display, click on Normal View in View tab.
PS: read the Writer Guide for an introduction to styles. They offer a much more reliable and “comfortable” way to format documents. Drop the Tabbed UI which is a poor surrogate for Word workflow, which is not applicable to Writer because the underlying concepts are different. Make sure you save .odt otherwise your formatting gets progressively corrupted by the repetitive format conversions.
I’m not sure what you mean by “save format” - it’s just the default setting. The extension of the Libre Writer document is odt.
I’ve changed very little with the installation of Libre. I’m not technical so I’m not changing every last thing. That said, I have added 3 or 4 icons on the top (have no idea what the to bar is called) for convenience. I don’t remember how I got the icons there - but it was likely the easiest method possible. I’m not technical.
I don’t know if I have chanted the user interface from “standard” to ‘some tabled or ribbon one’ - I just added a few simple icons. Nothing hyper complex, usual, or bizarre. Just a normal user here.
I hardly believe adding 3 icons for commonly used commands would completely stop functionality of something so basic such a page break.
If I create a new document or open another document the page break icon will work. I really need a functioning page break - I use page breaks constantly.
Problem is that Libre Writer’s page break function randomly stops working - after you’re deep into creating a document. That’s just messed up.
Ctl + Enter produces a line break as well.
This problem is absolutely maddening.
I hope I’m not making things worse - but I deleted all of my “solutions” posts and reinserting these as replies. Actually, I’m okay with deleting older posts and leaving the more relevant posts. For example - I’ve narrowed the problem down to an image causing the issue with pages breaks not working. I’m dancing around a solution - but I’m not there yet.
Below are my incorrectly designated replies (before I realized an image seems to cause the issue with page breaks)
But, that doesn’t explain why I CAN use page breaks 80 % of the time. If there is some mode I’ve accidentally entered - I seriously don’t see it. I mean - the UI remains identical - its just that sometimes page breaks fail. Maybe 10% of the time.
I just checked I am in Normal view (as I suspected) yet page breaks are not functional. Not once was I ever in web view. I know that because the UI changes massively when in web view. I can create a video if you don’t believe me.
I’m leaning toward a real software bug on this one.
Attach a faulty sample file. This will make analysis easier. The “Attach” tool is the icon looking like a mail basket with an up-arrow.
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Please @zmorgan, don’t use Suggest a Solution for anything which is not a direct answer to your question. Thius site is not a forum. It is a Quaestion & Answers one: on question, several possible solution. If question or answers need clarification or explanation, use the Comment link/button to attach your request to the ad hoc post.
By ignoring the rules, you are confusing other users and deterring possible contributors.
Sorry for pressing the “solution” button. I wasn’t able to find the reply Button. I searched for the reply Button multiple times - but the word “reply” wasn’t found when looking for that link. I didn’t see an icon with a curly arrow (often used to mean reply). It turns out that a text bubble (with no word or words) is the reply icon. Jesus. Anyway, sorry about that,
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Well, it’s something in the document that seemly disables the page break function. This isn’t the first time page break mysteriously stopped functioning.
Deleting all objects in the document restores page break functionality. Not very useful if the intention is to create meaningful documents. My guess would be that there’s an issue with embedded images and/or use of Captions and Cross References.
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