blank last page

[Rene]

I set up a table that is two pages long. It prints in
landscape so both tables will be on one page. The
problem is that there is a blank 3rd page that I cannot
get rid of. I have tried to view the paragraph
characters and delete any unwanted space, but that page
just won't go away. How do I make it disappear?

 

[Greg Maxey]

Rene,

The extra page is holding one of more empty paragaphs. Clicke CTRL+SHIFT+8
to display non-printing charactoers. You will inevitably see a paragraph
mark on that unwanted page. To remove the page, remove the paragraphs. All
Word documents have to end with a paragraph mark. I mean at the very end.
So if you have a table on the page you want to be last, you have to leave
room for that last paragraph (it holds much of the code that makes your
document useful). A useful trick however is to format that paragraph very
small (like 1 point). Often that will allow it to jump up to the same page
as your table and your problem is solved.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Rene

A table MUST be followed by a paragraph mark. If your document finishes with
a table that goes to the foot of the final page, the paragraph mark forces
and additional page. What you need to do is select the final paragraph mark
and use Format, Font and apply the Hidden attribute. As soon as you toggle
off the ShowAll command, the final page will disappear. An alternative to
this is that if there is a tiny gap below the table, select the following
paragraph mark and make it 1 point in size. It may then just fit on the page
with the table.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP


I set up a table that is two pages long. It prints in
landscape so both tables will be on one page. The
problem is that there is a blank 3rd page that I cannot
get rid of. I have tried to view the paragraph
characters and delete any unwanted space, but that page
just won't go away. How do I make it disappear?

 

[David Turner]

Terry Farrell wrote

What you need to do is select the final paragraph mark
and use Format, Font and apply the Hidden attribute.

I tried this trick on a two-page Mail Merge table. Painfully discovered
that after merging to new document, although things looked right on screen,
when I printed, line one of odd pages ended up repeating at the end of even
pages :-(

Reverted to 1pt closing paragraph mark was the only way to solve it.

 

[Greg Maxey]

David,

Thanks for passing this on. I have heard of the hidden text method, but to
tell the truth I never think of it when it comes around to use it. I am
used to using the 1pt format.

 

[Terry Farrell]

David

A bizarre and unexpected result. I'll remember that one thanks.

Terry

Terry Farrell wrote

What you need to do is select the final paragraph mark
and use Format, Font and apply the Hidden attribute.

I tried this trick on a two-page Mail Merge table. Painfully discovered
that after merging to new document, although things looked right on screen,
when I printed, line one of odd pages ended up repeating at the end of even
pages :-(

Reverted to 1pt closing paragraph mark was the only way to solve it.

 

[David Turner]

Terry Farrell wrote

A bizarre and unexpected result. I'll remember that one thanks.

You're welcome. The unwanted text didn't even show up in Print Preview.
After printing, I exclaimed to co-workers "Where did THAT come from?!?" It
took me awhile to track down.