Quarto: Pagebreak before all level 1 headings - yaml

I am new to Quarto and I don't know yet how to apply global styles for PDF documents. Obviously I can't use CSS to render PDFs. So what is the equivalent for PDF?
How can I, for example, add a pagebreak automatically before each level 1 heading?
Thank you!
winnewoerp

Have a look at this section in the quarto documentation. You could for instance use the include-in-header functionality and this answer, e.g.
---
format:
pdf:
include-in-header:
text: |
\let\oldsection\section
\renewcommand\section{\clearpage\oldsection}
---
# First Section
## First Subsection
# Second section

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