# Page Breaks

> [HTML Version](pagebreaksxtext.htm)

Hard page breaks are represented by ASCII 12 characters (CHR\$(12) or Ctrl+L). Depending on the text editing software (e.g. VUE, EZTYP, WORD, NOTEPAD, XTEXT, etc.) these hard page breaks may display in different ways, from a cryptic "garbage character" (often appearing as a small box) to a row of ^^^^ to a graphic line with the words "Page Break" in the middle. XTEXT will normally use the latter approach, except for two situations:

•	If the ASCII 12 character is not on a line by itself, it will appear as a small rectangular symbol rather than a formal ("pretty") page break unless you set the TXF\_WRAP bit in the _flags_ parameter. If you do not really want any lines to be automatically wrapped, then you can set the TXC.WRAPWIDTH field to a sufficiently large number, say 500, so that you do not get any unwanted line wraps. Note that when you specify a non-zero TXC.WRAPWIDTH value, it does not make sense to specify the TXC\_FITVIEW or TXC\_PRINTVIEW flags.

•	If you set the TXC\_READONLY flag, ASCII 12 characters will appear as a small rectangular symbol rather than a "pretty" page break, unless you set the \&h02000000 flag in the [TXC.FLAGS1](txc_flags1.htm.md) parameter. (You might just want to make that a default setting.)