XL: Macro to Check for Page Breaks on Worksheet

ID: Q118589

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can check for an automatic or manual page break in the current cell by using the PageBreak property in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro or procedure.

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The PageBreak property returns or sets the location of a page break using the Microsoft Excel constants xlNone, xlManual, or xlAutomatic. The PageBreak property must be applied to an entire row or column (or returned using an entire row or column as a reference).

Macro to Return Page Break Type for Selected Cell

You can use the following example to test for an automatic page break above the active cell (horizontal) or next to the active cell (vertical) on your worksheet. In this example, the macro displays a dialog box with a message indicating whether there is an automatic page break above the current row.

   Sub Check_PageBreak()

       Dim i As Integer, BreakType As Integer

       ' To check for a vertical pagebreak, use the EntireColumn property.
       BreakType = ActiveCell.EntireRow.PageBreak

       If BreakType = xlAutomatic Then
           ' Enter the code that you want to run if the current row
           ' contains an automatic page break.
           MsgBox "There is an automatic page break above this row"

       ElseIf BreakType = xlManual Then
           ' Enter the code that you want to run if the current row
           ' contains a manual page break.
           MsgBox "There is a manual page break above this row"

       Else
           ' Enter the code that you want to run if the current row
           ' does not contain a page break.
           MsgBox "There is no page break above this row"
       End If

   End Sub

Macro to Return Page Breaks for Entire Worksheet

The PageBreak property returns a value indicating what type of page break exists in the selected range. The PageBreak property does not return the row or column number that the page break is associated with unless you test each row on the worksheet. The following macro checks your entire worksheet, and displays a dialog box with the type of page break and the number of the row located below the page break.

   Sub CheckForPageBreaks()
       Dim i As Integer

       For i = 1 to ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
           If Rows(i).PageBreak = xlManual then
               MsgBox "There is a manual page break above row " & i
           ElseIf Rows(i).PageBreak = xlAutomatic Then
               MsgBox "There is an automatic page break above row " & i
           End If
       Next
   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q134731
   TITLE     : XL: PageBreak Property Does Not Work as Expected

REFERENCES

For more information about the PageBreak property, click the Search button in Visual Basic Help and type:

   PageBreak

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999