How to add a page break in word document generated by RStudio & markdown

markdown, pandoc, r, rstudio

Solution

Added: To insert a page break, please use `\newpage` for formats including LaTeX, HTML, Word, and ODT.

https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/pagebreaks.html

Paragraph before page break.

\newpage

First paragraph on a new page.

Previously: There is a way by using a fifth-level header block (`#####`) and a docx template defined in YAML.

After creating `headingfive.docx` in Microsoft Word, you select `Modify Style` of the `Heading 5`, and then select `Page break before` in the `Line and Page Breaks` tab and save the `headingfive.docx` file.

---
title: 'Making page break using fifth-level header block'
output: 
  word_document:
    reference_docx: headingfive.docx
---

In your `Rmd` document, you define `reference_docx` in the YAML header, and now you can use the page-breaking `#####`.

Please see below.

https://www.r-bloggers.com/r-markdown-how-to-insert-page-breaks-in-a-ms-word-document/

Problem

I writing a Word document with R markdown in R Studio. I can get many things, but at the moment I am not figuring out how can I get a page break. I have found solutions but only for rendered latex / pdf document that it is not my case.

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