I recently had the same problem. Took me some while to find out that by
hovering my mouse pointer between page breaks, I could toggle the €˜Show/Hide
White Space option, while in €˜Print Layout View. It is a nice option, but
why is it not shown as an option under €˜Tools €“ Options €“ View €“ Show.
Initially I looked here but could not find it. It would have saved me
considerable time in figuring this out.