JavaScript - Snippets

insert a page break at the start of the document body.

    var body = ctx.document.body; 
    body.insertBreak(Word.BreakType.page, Word.InsertLocation.start); 

Insert Breaks

$("#setup").click(() => tryCatch(setup)); 
$("#line").click(() => tryCatch(insertLineBreak)); 
$("#page").click(() => tryCatch(insertPageBreak)); 

async function insertLineBreak() { 
  Word.run(async (context) => { 
    context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().insertBreak(Word.BreakType.line, "After"); 

    await context.sync(); 
    console.log("success"); 
  }); 
} 

async function insertPageBreak() { 
  await Word.run(async (context) => { 
    context.document.body.paragraphs.getFirst().insertBreak(Word.BreakType.page, "After"); 

    await context.sync(); 
    console.log("success"); 
  }); 
} 

async function setup() { 
  await Word.run(async (context) => { 
    context.document.body.clear(); 
    context.document.body.insertParagraph( 
      "Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point.", 
      "Start" 
    ); 
    context.document.body.paragraphs 
      .getLast() 
      .insertText( 
        "To make your document look professionally produced.", 
        "Replace" 
      ); 

    console.log("success"); 
  }); 
} 

async function tryCatch(callback) { 
  try { 
    await callback(); 
  } catch (error) { 
    console.error(error); 
  } 
}