Windows 10: page break in regular text files (notepad)

So my question is: Can you insert page breaks in a text file that is readable with Notepad and printable whilst respecting those page breaks.

The breaks only need to be respected when printed, not in Notepad itself.
I'm not asking how to do the same in Wordpad or Notepad++, the question relates to pure text files and their usage in Notepad

Version 1902 (OS Build 18362.1016)

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Page File

Set minimum and maximum to a constant number as suggested by others, that will help reduce fragmentation on the drive coz of different page file sizing.

 

Wordpad ? Notepad ++ ? Why like this ?

This.


Notepad is a ASCII editor (later versions also support Unicode) which was intended mostly for batch programming. Like most scripting languages, word wrapping is not appreciated. Because of this, Notepad naturally does not break a line unless it is ordered to do so by the ASCII line break or carriage return character. "Word wrapping" basically dictates to the program the line breaks and carriage returns are irrelevant to the context of the document.


Wordpad is a formatted document editor suited mostly for the rich-text format. Basically that means it can bold, italicize, underline, and change fonts and font sizes. ASCII, and by extension, Notepad, does not support formatting beyond program specifications (the files themselves do not contain any formatting information beyond the basics). Wordpad will force line breaks because Wordpad assumes the document isn't scripting; it assumes the document is for reading by human eyes.


If you are scripting (which it looks like you aren't) you should leave word wrapping off.

 

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