[Idaho Word Man]

I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have given Word reason to believe you will be duplexing the document
(by using "Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" header/footer), it
will not let you put an odd page number on a verso (left-hand,
even-numbered) page. The result is that your "Next Page" break turns into an
"Odd Page" break, and a blank even page is inserted before it (and after it,
before the next section). The problem is that if you are using { PAGE } of
{ SECTIONPAGES }, Word counts every page after the section break (including
the blank one) as part of the section, even though your section actually
begins at page 1 on the next page. There actually is not anything you can do
about this, I'm afraid, except to create the preceding blank page manually,
as part of the preceding section or a separate section of its own.

--
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.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote in message
...
I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming
for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great
on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows
up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset
the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for
anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the
preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page
shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[CyberTaz]

Is there a Table at the end of the preceding section, by any chance?

Have a look at this article by Suzanne B.:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 1/3/07 6:43 PM, in article
, "Idaho Word Man"
wrote:

I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[Idaho Word Man]

No, the preceding section does not contain a table. It's just plain text.

There are no paragraph breaks that would cause a blank page. The preceding
section ends in the middle of a page, with no only one paragraph break
between the last paragraph of text and the section break.

I managed to make it "look right" by setting the page numbering on the last
section to start at 0, and then deleting the blank page from the PDF, but the
Word file still isn't right.

Thanks,

Fred

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Is there a Table at the end of the preceding section, by any chance?

Have a look at this article by Suzanne B.:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 1/3/07 6:43 PM, in article
, "Idaho Word Man"
wrote:

I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[Idaho Word Man]

That's a very real possibility, since this document was originally created by
a lunatic who added lots of other blank pages so she could print it duplex
and still have each Heading 1 section start on a left-hand page. I'll check
that possibility when I get back to work tomorrow. I sweet-talked the boss
into letting me keep my head for another day.

Thanks for your help!

Fred

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you have given Word reason to believe you will be duplexing the document
(by using "Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" header/footer), it
will not let you put an odd page number on a verso (left-hand,
even-numbered) page. The result is that your "Next Page" break turns into an
"Odd Page" break, and a blank even page is inserted before it (and after it,
before the next section). The problem is that if you are using { PAGE } of
{ SECTIONPAGES }, Word counts every page after the section break (including
the blank one) as part of the section, even though your section actually
begins at page 1 on the next page. There actually is not anything you can do
about this, I'm afraid, except to create the preceding blank page manually,
as part of the preceding section or a separate section of its own.

--
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.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote in message
...
I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming
for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great
on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows
up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset
the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for
anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the
preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page
shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[Idaho Word Man]

That did the trick. "Mirror Margins" was checked. I un-checked it, and my
mystery page disappeared.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you have given Word reason to believe you will be duplexing the document
(by using "Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" header/footer), it
will not let you put an odd page number on a verso (left-hand,
even-numbered) page. The result is that your "Next Page" break turns into an
"Odd Page" break, and a blank even page is inserted before it (and after it,
before the next section). The problem is that if you are using { PAGE } of
{ SECTIONPAGES }, Word counts every page after the section break (including
the blank one) as part of the section, even though your section actually
begins at page 1 on the next page. There actually is not anything you can do
about this, I'm afraid, except to create the preceding blank page manually,
as part of the preceding section or a separate section of its own.

--
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.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote in message
...
I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming
for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks great
on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page shows
up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've reset
the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for
anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears, and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the
preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery page
shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my head
where it is.

Fred

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad you got it working.

--
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.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote in message
...
That did the trick. "Mirror Margins" was checked. I un-checked it, and
my
mystery page disappeared.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you have given Word reason to believe you will be duplexing the
document
(by using "Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" header/footer),
it
will not let you put an odd page number on a verso (left-hand,
even-numbered) page. The result is that your "Next Page" break turns
into an
"Odd Page" break, and a blank even page is inserted before it (and after
it,
before the next section). The problem is that if you are using { PAGE }
of
{ SECTIONPAGES }, Word counts every page after the section break
(including
the blank one) as part of the section, even though your section actually
begins at page 1 on the next page. There actually is not anything you
can do
about this, I'm afraid, except to create the preceding blank page
manually,
as part of the preceding section or a separate section of its own.

--
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.

"Idaho Word Man" wrote in
message
...
I have a document that the general manager of our company is screaming
for.
The document is divided into three sections. The last section looks
great
on
screen, but when I print it or view the Print Preview, a blank page
shows
up
at the front of that section.

I'm using { PAGE } of { SECTIONPAGES } for my page numbering in the
last
section. There are only supposed to be two pages in that section, but
the
pages print as blank, 1 of 3, and 2 of 3. They look fine on screen.

I have searched for hidden page breaks, and there are none. I've
reset
the
section break to make sure it's set to next page. I've searched for
anything
formatted as "Page Break Before" or "Keep with Next ¶," but there
isn't
anything.

When I set the section break to Continuous, the extra page disappears,
and
the heading for the last section appears after the last line of the
preceding
section. But then when I re-set it back to Next Page, the mystery
page
shows
back up again.

Can anybody help me before my manager rips my head off? I like my
head
where it is.

Fred