Start a new page keyboard shortcut in 4 apps
Start a new page has a documented keyboard shortcut in 4 apps here, among them Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, Microsoft Word, Pages. The most common keys are Ctrl + Enter on Windows and Cmd + Enter on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Docs | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Cmd + Enter | Begin a new page |
| LibreOffice Writer | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Not documented | Insert a manual page break |
| Microsoft Word | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Not documented | Begin a new page |
| Pages | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + Return | Insert a page break |
What most apps settled on for Start a new page
On Windows, Ctrl + Enter is the combination in 3 of the 3 apps here that document one. All 3 apps here that document a Windows key use Ctrl + Enter, which makes this one of the safer habits to carry between apps.
Where the table is deliberately empty
2 apps here publish no Mac key for Start a new page, so those cells are left blank. 1 documents it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Start a new page, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Start a new page do nothing
The 4 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since start a new page is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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