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How to create a print view in InfoPath 2010
I have a InfoPath form that I wish to set up a print view for since it seems impossible for me to insert page breaks to ensure proper printing (the page break is always grayed out no matter where I click). I tried creating a new print view, but the page break issue still occurs and I am not able to break the document up in separate pages as needed. I have read numerous tutorials that all say how flexible creating a print view is but I am not finding it any more flexible than the regular view I have. I feel like I am missing something here. Can someone please tell me how I can set my InfoPath form up so that I can have the page break where needed? Thank you!
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Infopath doesn't allow me to insert a page break anywhere but on the light blue area which appears to be a background. However, when I insert a page break in this area, then I can't figure out how to make the next page look like a page, complete with a white background. I try to apply another template on the 2nd page, but it just places the template over the blue background area. In addtion, after I add a second page, then the outside border is removed from any of the tables that I apply. This border is automatically shown on the first page, but it doesn't show when I add more than one page. This whole set up seems extremely odd for Microsoft's typical applications and I feel like there must be something I am doing wrong because for any page after the first one, there is no page outline for me to work off of. Please see attached screen prints to help explain what I am referring to. Thank you.
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After your comment, I played around with it more and found that if I add a new page layout template (under the Page Design tab) that it wil give me a new white space to add more table layouts etc. to it...so that I am not developing everything on the blue background. This makes me happy. I am recreating an online version of a form that is currently used by another location of ours. I have the workflow set up in Sharepoint for notifying departments that it is there via email etc. But I realized that after it is all completed, two of the six pages are usually given as a copy to the new employee to let them know what their new passwords are. This is why I need to make sure things print on separate pages. Now that I got the page breaks and page layouts working, I think I can finish creating the print view for just those two pages. Thanks for your help!
Regarding the page break, you cannot put one inside of a control, this include repeating sections or tables, sections, layout tables, etc.