### 7.9 Inserting line, column, and page breaks in output

You can insert line breaks with the following processing instructions:

<?dthtm Break="line" ?> | for HTML output
<?dtrtf Break="line" ?> | for RTF output

Unlike adding <br/>, using a PI for a line break in HTML output will not make your DITA document invalid.

For RTF output, you can also insert column and page breaks with PIs:

<?dtrtf Break="column" ?>
<?dtrtf Break="page" ?>

See §7.8.4 Forcing page and column breaks.

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Sibling Topics:

7.1 Understanding the purpose of output formats

7.2 Working with format configuration files

7.3 Creating aliases to existing format names

7.4 Understanding how to define output formats

7.5 Understanding text output formats

7.6 Configuring text output formats

7.7 Configuring table output formats

7.8 Configuring page layouts for RTF output