Blank Pages Be-gone---HELP!!!

[James]

I have a mail-merge document that, after I merge, a blank
page is inserted after each record. You can only see this
blank page in print preview and it has a blue dashed line
that connects it to the other page. I cannot select this
page nor delete it. How do I get rid of it cause it
messes up my printing....please help!!!

 

[Peter Jamieson]

The main reasons I know for mysterious blank pages are
a. you use an odd page section break on an odd-numbered page or an even
page section break on an even-numbered page, so Word has to insert a blank
page. I think those ones show up in print preview.
b. your document is set up as double-sided (e.g. mirror margins in
File|Print Setup) and a section break would cause the first page of the next
section to be on the left hand side - imagine you are looking at an open
book - new Chapters only ever start on the right hand page. Word has this as
a built-in assumption (at least for text in L-R alphabets) for new sections.

I feel sure I should know but I can't help with the blue dashed line.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi James,

You can only see this
blank page in print preview and it has a blue dashed line
that connects it to the other page.

This almost sounds like something to do with "Track
changes". Are you certain you have that turned off and have
accepted/rejected all changes?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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