The page break character is always the last character on the page concerned - never on the next page. You cannot change that.

An alternative approach, to be used carefully, is to format the paragraph that you want to have start on a new page with the 'page break before' attribute. That ensure the paragraph concerned starts on a new page without the need for a manual page break. Ideally, you do this at the Style level, to ensure consistency.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]