multipágina

Multipágina is a term used in Spanish and Portuguese to describe content that is divided into or composed of multiple pages. In publishing and document management, a multipágina item allows content to be split across several pages, enabling pagination, printing, and navigation. In English, the equivalent term is multi-page or paginated.

In digital formats, multipágina is common in files such as PDFs, TIFFs, and eBooks that contain several pages within a single file. A PDF can be navigated page by page, while a TIFF file can encode multiple images as pages. Web and application design often use paginated interfaces to present long content in manageable chunks rather than one long page. This includes multi-page forms, catalogs, search results, and articles split across pages. Pagination controls typically include next/previous and page numbers; accessible implementations use clear labeling and consistent order.

From a production standpoint, multipágina documents require layout planning, including page size, margins, and page order (imposition in print). For digital documents, metadata and tables of contents facilitate navigation. In scanning workflows, multipage files support efficient storage and retrieval of grouped images.

Advantages include improved readability, faster loading in streaming contexts, easier printing, and better navigation for long documents. Disadvantages can include larger file sizes for scanned images, added complexity in indexing and accessibility, and potential user friction when navigating between pages.

Terminology varies; common equivalents include multi-page or paginated document. In formats, examples include multipage PDFs, multipage TIFFs, and paginated HTML or EPUB content.