XL2000: Macro to Check for Page Breaks on a Worksheet

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SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel 2000, 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.

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Macro to Return Page Break Type for Selected Cell

You can use the following sample code 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 page break, 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

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Macro to Return Page Breaks for Entire Worksheet

The PageBreak property returns a value that indicates 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 then 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

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REFERENCES

For more information about the PageBreak property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type pagebreak property in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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