Section break

The following example shows you how to insert section breaks.
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ParagraphProperties;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.sections.Section;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.sections.SectionType;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // First section content
            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.addText("This is the first section. It has default page orientation.");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.add(run1);

            // Add section break (next page)
            Section section1 = new Section();
            section1.setType(SectionType.NEXT_PAGE);

            ParagraphProperties props1 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props1.setSection(section1);
            paragraph1.setParagraphProperties(props1);

            // Second section content
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.addText("This is the second section. It starts on a new page.");

            Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph2.add(run2);

            // Add continuous section break
            Section section2 = new Section();
            section2.setType(SectionType.CONTINUOUS);

            ParagraphProperties props2 = new ParagraphProperties();
            props2.setSection(section2);
            paragraph2.setParagraphProperties(props2);

            // Third section content
            Run run3 = new Run();
            run3.addText("This is the third section. It continues on the same page.");

            Paragraph paragraph3 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph3.add(run3);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph1);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph2);
            doc.getBody().add(paragraph3);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
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