An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:52:20 -0700, "Phil Van" Phil
wrote:

An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?

But you *can* accomplish the same result -- not viewing the codes,
because there are no codes, but figuring out why there's an extra
page.

Start by displaying nonprinting characters -- press the ¶ button on
the toolbar. Look at the "blank" last page. If it contains one or more
paragraph marks (the same ¶ symbol) with no text, delete them. Word
won't let you delete the last one, since that contains all the
document-level formatting.

If the last thing on the real last page is a table, and it forces the
final paragraph mark to the next page, try selecting that mark and
formatting it to a font size of 1 pt.

There are other things that can cause a blank page, such as "Next
page" paragraph formatting. More tips to deal with these are at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FitCopy.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Phil Van" Phil wrote in message
...
An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?

Suzanne,
I do not appear to have received your message. Please try again.
Phil Van

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

--
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.

"Phil Van" Phil wrote in message
...
An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:52:20 -0700, "Phil Van" Phil
wrote:

An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?

But you *can* accomplish the same result -- not viewing the codes,
because there are no codes, but figuring out why there's an extra
page.

Start by displaying nonprinting characters -- press the ¶ button on
the toolbar. Look at the "blank" last page. If it contains one or more
paragraph marks (the same ¶ symbol) with no text, delete them. Word
won't let you delete the last one, since that contains all the
document-level formatting.

If the last thing on the real last page is a table, and it forces the
final paragraph mark to the next page, try selecting that mark and
formatting it to a font size of 1 pt.

There are other things that can cause a blank page, such as "Next
page" paragraph formatting. More tips to deal with these are at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FitCopy.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

You have quoted it in your own, so I assume you can see it:

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

The answers you seek are in the linked articles.

--
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.

"Phil Van" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,
I do not appear to have received your message. Please try again.
Phil Van

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

--
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.

"Phil Van" Phil wrote in message
...
An extra blank sheet is sent through the printer at the end of a Word
document. When I used Word Perfect, I could easily look at the codes
and
remove the Hard Page code at the end of the document. I can not easily
accomplish the same result in MS Word. What do I do?