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goworm edited this page Jun 26, 2026
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Add a section break controlling page layout for a range of content.
Parent: /body
| Property | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
type |
nextPage |
continuous, evenPage, oddPage, nextPage
|
pageWidth/width
|
- | Page width (integer, twips) |
pageHeight/height
|
- | Page height (integer, twips) |
orientation |
- |
landscape or portrait
|
direction / dir / bidi
|
- |
rtl writes <w:bidi/> on sectPr in canonical schema order; ltr clears it |
rtlGutter |
- | bool. RTL binding-gutter flag (<w:rtlGutter/>); mirrors Set |
marginHeader |
- | Header-from-top-edge distance (pgMar @header) |
marginFooter |
- | Footer-from-bottom-edge distance (pgMar @footer) |
marginGutter |
- | Binding gutter width (pgMar @gutter) |
lineNumbers |
- |
continuous, restartPage/page, restartSection/section (<w:lnNumType>) |
lineNumberCountBy |
- | Line numbering interval (every Nth line); only emitted when > 1 |
lineNumberDistance |
- | Gutter twips between line-number column and body text (<w:lnNumType w:distance>) |
pgBorders |
- | Page-border shorthand: box (4pt all sides) or none (strips) |
pgBorders.top / .left / .bottom / .right
|
- | Per-side page border, STYLE[;SIZE[;COLOR[;SPACE]]]
|
pgBorders.offsetFrom |
- |
page or text — border measured from page edge or text margin |
pgBorders.zOrder |
- |
front (default) or back — border drawn in front of or behind page text |
pgBorders.display |
- |
allPages, firstPage, notFirstPage
|
paperSrc.first |
- | Printer paper-source bin for the first page (int 0-65535) |
paperSrc.other |
- | Printer paper-source bin for remaining pages (int 0-65535) |
formProt |
- | bool. Section form-protection (<w:formProt>); locks content except form fields |
footnotePr.numFmt |
- |
decimal/lowerRoman/upperRoman/lowerLetter/upperLetter/chicago (<w:footnotePr><w:numFmt>) |
footnotePr.numRestart |
- |
continuous, eachSect, eachPage (<w:footnotePr><w:numRestart>) |
footnotePr.numStart |
- | Footnote starting number (<w:footnotePr><w:numStart>) |
footnotePr.pos |
- |
pageBottom, beneath, sectEnd (<w:footnotePr><w:pos>) |
endnotePr.numFmt |
- |
decimal/lowerRoman/upperRoman/lowerLetter/upperLetter/chicago (<w:endnotePr><w:numFmt>) |
endnotePr.numRestart |
- |
continuous, eachSect, eachPage (<w:endnotePr><w:numRestart>) |
endnotePr.numStart |
- | Endnote starting number (<w:endnotePr><w:numStart>) |
endnotePr.pos |
- |
sectEnd or docEnd (<w:endnotePr><w:pos>) |
officecli add report.docx /body --type section --prop type=continuous
officecli add report.docx /body --type section --prop type=nextPage --prop orientation=landscape
# RTL section break
officecli add report.docx /body --type section --prop type=nextPage --prop direction=rtlBased on OfficeCLI v1.0.68
