FWIW, if you're using "Different first page," you don't need a section break
after the first page. And the solution for the empty paragraph at the end of
a table is discussed in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm

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"dedoo" wrote in message
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We are having an issue with a application forced hard return after tables.
When a table approaches the bottom of a page rather than split and move
cells
over to the new page as the table is formatted to do, the hard return (and
EOF character?) moves over to the new page and creates a blank page. This
is
a very bad thing when you are making contracts.

The table rows are formatted to move to a new page when required and the
header row is set to start at each new page. Sections are set to be
continuous there are only two sections the first page the remainder of the
document since we have a "different first page".

This paragraph marker will not go away below the table and con not be
deleted. Reveal codes shows nothing. In RTF we deleted the characters in
the
string but it just rewrites itself.

What can we do?

Doug at Verizon