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How do I remove automatically added blank pages?
On multiple occasions when working with word documents (usually large in
size) a "phantom" page appears in between sections. This page is only visible in "Print Preview" and it appears when actually printed out, or if the document is converted to a PDF. I am well aware of the general rules of adding page breaks and section breaks, etc. I have tried removing the section breaks around the €śphantom€ť page. This just €śbumps€ť the €śphantom€ť page up to the next section break. The only work-around I have found is to copy, section-by-section (without the section breaks) the entire document into a blank word document and reapply each section break, and reformat ALL of the headers and footers. This is very cumbersome and I am hoping to learn of some obscure setting that I may inadvertently be applying or not applying that will rid me of the headache that is the €śphantom€ť page! Any advice is greatly appreciated! |
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How do I remove automatically added blank pages?
See the "true blank page" section of
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MollyCruz" wrote in message ... On multiple occasions when working with word documents (usually large in size) a "phantom" page appears in between sections. This page is only visible in "Print Preview" and it appears when actually printed out, or if the document is converted to a PDF. I am well aware of the general rules of adding page breaks and section breaks, etc. I have tried removing the section breaks around the "phantom" page. This just "bumps" the "phantom" page up to the next section break. The only work-around I have found is to copy, section-by-section (without the section breaks) the entire document into a blank word document and reapply each section break, and reformat ALL of the headers and footers. This is very cumbersome and I am hoping to learn of some obscure setting that I may inadvertently be applying or not applying that will rid me of the headache that is the "phantom" page! Any advice is greatly appreciated! |
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How do I remove automatically added blank pages?
The page you sent me to was very informative. the last two paragraphs on the
page (prior to the "Blank pages not caused by Word at all" section) detail exactly what Im dealing with. Unfortunately I do not see a solution listed. What do I do to avoid/fix the problem? Is there no solution? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See the "true blank page" section of http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MollyCruz" wrote in message ... On multiple occasions when working with word documents (usually large in size) a "phantom" page appears in between sections. This page is only visible in "Print Preview" and it appears when actually printed out, or if the document is converted to a PDF. I am well aware of the general rules of adding page breaks and section breaks, etc. I have tried removing the section breaks around the "phantom" page. This just "bumps" the "phantom" page up to the next section break. The only work-around I have found is to copy, section-by-section (without the section breaks) the entire document into a blank word document and reapply each section break, and reformat ALL of the headers and footers. This is very cumbersome and I am hoping to learn of some obscure setting that I may inadvertently be applying or not applying that will rid me of the headache that is the "phantom" page! Any advice is greatly appreciated! |
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How do I remove automatically added blank pages?
There is no "solution." Word is doing what it is supposed to do. When you
have an Odd Page section start, Word will insert a blank even page. If you're restarting numbering and the section starts at 1, Word will not put an odd-numbered page on an "even" sheet. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MollyCruz" wrote in message ... The page you sent me to was very informative. the last two paragraphs on the page (prior to the "Blank pages not caused by Word at all" section) detail exactly what I'm dealing with. Unfortunately I do not see a solution listed. What do I do to avoid/fix the problem? Is there no solution? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See the "true blank page" section of http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "MollyCruz" wrote in message ... On multiple occasions when working with word documents (usually large in size) a "phantom" page appears in between sections. This page is only visible in "Print Preview" and it appears when actually printed out, or if the document is converted to a PDF. I am well aware of the general rules of adding page breaks and section breaks, etc. I have tried removing the section breaks around the "phantom" page. This just "bumps" the "phantom" page up to the next section break. The only work-around I have found is to copy, section-by-section (without the section breaks) the entire document into a blank word document and reapply each section break, and reformat ALL of the headers and footers. This is very cumbersome and I am hoping to learn of some obscure setting that I may inadvertently be applying or not applying that will rid me of the headache that is the "phantom" page! Any advice is greatly appreciated! |
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How do I remove automatically added blank pages?
MollyCruz,
I hope you found your answer before this, because I have been experiencing the same exact problem and was pulling my hair out and had lost days against my deadline for this document! Turns out--and I didn't realize this because it said it was page 25 of 76 and then page 27 of 76 of the document (skipped) --that the section WAS starting its page numbers over at 1 for each of the offending sections. So, I went to the beginning of each section to Format Page Number and low and behold, it was set to start at page 1---for about 1/2 of my sections! Switching it to Continuous helped. I found this because I customized the bottom status bar to show everything and along with 25 of 76, it showed Page 1 Section 15 or Page 34 Section 14. Before you say, "Oh, I set the whole document to Continuous numbering"...so did I!! In fact, I didn't have page numbering and I clicked on remove, etc. But this is what fixed it and I had NO Odd/Even headers. What was odd is that if I removed the cover page or one of my blank pages, my problem went away--but that's not how I wanted it!! So I don't know what the deal was. I hope this helps you out!! :-) Sus "MollyCruz" wrote: On multiple occasions when working with word documents (usually large in size) a "phantom" page appears in between sections. This page is only visible in "Print Preview" and it appears when actually printed out, or if the document is converted to a PDF. I am well aware of the general rules of adding page breaks and section breaks, etc. I have tried removing the section breaks around the €śphantom€ť page. This just €śbumps€ť the €śphantom€ť page up to the next section break. The only work-around I have found is to copy, section-by-section (without the section breaks) the entire document into a blank word document and reapply each section break, and reformat ALL of the headers and footers. This is very cumbersome and I am hoping to learn of some obscure setting that I may inadvertently be applying or not applying that will rid me of the headache that is the €śphantom€ť page! Any advice is greatly appreciated! |
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