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From: was@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: how to FORCE a page break in troff?
Message-ID: <8210006@hp-lsd.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 89 19:40:23 GMT
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jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith) writes:

> Does anyone know how to *absolutely force* a page break in troff?

The following forces two blank pages, while preserving header and
footer processing:

.nf
.SK                    (or .bp)


.SK                    (or .bp)


.SK                    (or .bp)
.fi                    (or whatever)

(Substitute one or more real spaces for , of course.)


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