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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out.
I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Answer: Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with the white space in your document. Here are a few steps you can try to get rid of it:
I hope one of these steps helps you get rid of the white space in your document. Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns!
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text
paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
When I change to normal view, the 2nd page appears to be on the first page
under the title, etc. There is a fine dotted line at the top of the 2nd page, but I can't click on it or select it. I've tried clicking in the paragraph below the line and going to page setup and picking "continuous" but that didn't do anything. I've unchecked all the boxes in format (keep lines together, etc) but it doesn't help. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
In Normal view, you should be able to click on the fine dotted line
(which should say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it) and then press the Delete key to delete it. Meenie wrote: When I change to normal view, the 2nd page appears to be on the first page under the title, etc. There is a fine dotted line at the top of the 2nd page, but I can't click on it or select it. I've tried clicking in the paragraph below the line and going to page setup and picking "continuous" but that didn't do anything. I've unchecked all the boxes in format (keep lines together, etc) but it doesn't help. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
The dotted line doesn't say anything on it anywhere. I cannot click on it.
When I try I either end up with an insertion point above it or below it. I can't seem to get rid of it. I finally gave up and copied all the info from the document and put it into a new document, where it looks just fine. Darned if I know what they did to do this sigh I went to an old Minutes and looked at the page setup and the format/paragraph and it all says the same thing. I just have no clue. Thanks for trying to help me!! I do appreciate it. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: In Normal view, you should be able to click on the fine dotted line (which should say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it) and then press the Delete key to delete it. Meenie wrote: When I change to normal view, the 2nd page appears to be on the first page under the title, etc. There is a fine dotted line at the top of the 2nd page, but I can't click on it or select it. I've tried clicking in the paragraph below the line and going to page setup and picking "continuous" but that didn't do anything. I've unchecked all the boxes in format (keep lines together, etc) but it doesn't help. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
Glad you got it to work. For what it's worth, if the fine dotted line
doesn't say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it, then to me that means the paragraph following the fine dotted line must be formatted with "Page break before". Meenie wrote: The dotted line doesn't say anything on it anywhere. I cannot click on it. When I try I either end up with an insertion point above it or below it. I can't seem to get rid of it. I finally gave up and copied all the info from the document and put it into a new document, where it looks just fine. Darned if I know what they did to do this sigh I went to an old Minutes and looked at the page setup and the format/paragraph and it all says the same thing. I just have no clue. Thanks for trying to help me!! I do appreciate it. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: In Normal view, you should be able to click on the fine dotted line (which should say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it) and then press the Delete key to delete it. Meenie wrote: When I change to normal view, the 2nd page appears to be on the first page under the title, etc. There is a fine dotted line at the top of the 2nd page, but I can't click on it or select it. I've tried clicking in the paragraph below the line and going to page setup and picking "continuous" but that didn't do anything. I've unchecked all the boxes in format (keep lines together, etc) but it doesn't help. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
No, it doesn't. It just indicates a soft page break. My guess is that every
row in the table was formatted as "Keep with next." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in message ... Glad you got it to work. For what it's worth, if the fine dotted line doesn't say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it, then to me that means the paragraph following the fine dotted line must be formatted with "Page break before". Meenie wrote: The dotted line doesn't say anything on it anywhere. I cannot click on it. When I try I either end up with an insertion point above it or below it. I can't seem to get rid of it. I finally gave up and copied all the info from the document and put it into a new document, where it looks just fine. Darned if I know what they did to do this sigh I went to an old Minutes and looked at the page setup and the format/paragraph and it all says the same thing. I just have no clue. Thanks for trying to help me!! I do appreciate it. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: In Normal view, you should be able to click on the fine dotted line (which should say Page Break or Section Break in the middle of it) and then press the Delete key to delete it. Meenie wrote: When I change to normal view, the 2nd page appears to be on the first page under the title, etc. There is a fine dotted line at the top of the 2nd page, but I can't click on it or select it. I've tried clicking in the paragraph below the line and going to page setup and picking "continuous" but that didn't do anything. I've unchecked all the boxes in format (keep lines together, etc) but it doesn't help. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: If there is not a manual page break between the title and the first text paragraph, then delete the manual page break. Switching to Normal view may help you to see this better. Triple-click on the paragraph at the top of the second page. Click on Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks tab | uncheck the boxes for "Keep lines together", "Keep with next", and "Page break before" | OK. Meenie wrote: Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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Big White space in my document, can't get rid of it!
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...ksInTables.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...bleOn1Page.htm (and do the opposite). I'm guessing that all your table rows are formatted as "Keep with next." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Meenie" wrote in message ... Someone sent me their meeting minutes that I need to print out. I have Word 2003. There is no header or footer on this document. At the top is the title, then the name of the meeting and date then there is a huge white space and the minutes start on the next page. I've received minutes from this person and others but this didn't happen. I've tried page set up and making sure it says "continuous" there, tried format/paragraph and unchecked everything there, clicked on the paragraph thingie and just see paragraph marks where they should be. I've done what help said to do to remove breaks, but nothing helps. What's left? sigh Word can be so unfriendly |
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been SOOOOOO frustrated with this! I'm trying to make outlines for my law school classes, and MS Word for Mac is absolutely stupid. copying and pasting between one layout and another creates an infinite number of headaches (essentially, it rarely actually maintains the formatting from one document to the next). But this gap thing is by FAR the the biggest headache!!! When you have 70+ page outlines, you do NOT need to be paying to print all those extra pages created by a ton of blank spaces. And they were impossible to get rid of!!! I pretty much flipped out at the microsoft help people for being obscenely UNhelpful about this issue. they seemed (pretended?) to have no idea what i was talking about... Which is a bit hard to believe considering how many people post questions about it all over the net. but googling it never showed me any solutions that actually exist in my version of word (or even worked, period). But i finally (FINALLY!) know how to get rid of them without cutting/pasting the text and moving everything up, line by line. I could just cry from happiness right now. seriously. the only reason i joined this forum thing was so that i could thank you.
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