XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

I am creating a 5 page document HTML document with variable table sizes. I am hard coding page breaks after the <DIV> for each page. To assure that all of my page numbers at the bottom of each page is in approximately the same location, I have created a recursive template to enter a certain number of <BR/> elements before the page # footer. However, the <BR/> isn't doing the trick. I've searched high and low for the right character to enter and nothing has worked:

Also, should I use line position to determine the number of blank lines I need instead of the number of rows in my variable tables?

Thanks for any and all help !!!!

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

is it for print or browser display?

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

Mainly print, though we will also be viewing inside a browser control in a .NET application. Eventually, we want to convert XHTML to PDF, but no time now to create an XSL-FO. Thanks!

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

although XSL-FO would probably be the best for print… maybe you can experiment a bit with the print-formatting options in CSS.

other than that I could only imagine to giving divs the height you want for a quick trial.

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

Any ideas on how to get a blank line into the HTML so that my page # footer can be moved further down the page?

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

usually inserting breaks, though consider a div with a set height.

re: XSL - Dynamically enter blank lines in XHTML

Thanks. I'll look into giving a DIV a set height. Does anyone know how I can programmatically insert blank lines in a recursively called template? If I manually place the <BR/> into the XSL, they work in the resulting HTML file, but not in the xsl:template I have.