Deleting Page from Document

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SMK

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

How does one delete an entire page from a document? My document is 3 pages. I only have text on 2 pages and want to delete the 3rd page as it is blank with my header on it. I'm sure it's oh so simple but I just can't figure it out right now! Help!

Thank You!
 
C

CyberTaz

If you had no success with what Clive offered you'll have to provide a more
explicit description of what you see in the document. His suggestions just
about cover all the bases but if you aren't familiar with some of the
features that cause this it can be difficult to identify & correct.

First of all, are you the Original Poster - there's no identity to or in
this reply, so if you aren't "SMK" we need to know more about your Office &
OS update levels as well as your situation. If you're not the OP that really
should be in a NEW message not as a reply in this thread.

Where does the blank page fall? First? Last? Middle?

Make sure you have the non-printing characters displayed. Click the ¶ button
on the Standard Toolbar or key Command+8 as Clive requested if they aren't
already displayed. It's very difficult to analyze the structure of the
document without being able to see what those marks indicate.

Exactly what markings do you see on the blank page, the page that precedes
it and - if there is one - the page that follows it? Describe everything in
detail... Remember, we can't see over your shoulder or read your mind :)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
C

CyberTaz

Unlike Widows, Mac OS doesn't allow for deleting files from within the Open
or Save As dialogs while using programs. Navigate in the Finder to the
folder where the file is stored then drag the file to the Trash or select it
& press Command+delete.

If you're new to the Mac you might spend some time in Mac Help on how to use
the OS & the following articles may be useful:

http://word.mvps.org/mac/Differences.html

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

Also, for future reference please don't REPLY to other posts when you have a
question. If you don't find a solution by searching the Forum post a NEW
message stating all particulars about the OS & software versions involved as
well as the details of your inquiry.

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

Phillip Jones, C.E.T.

Apple is looking out for your best interest.

ON a PC using windows you can delete a file from within a Program. But
once its gone its gone.

on a Mac you actually have to consciously look up the file throw it in
Trash, and if warnings have been turned on on Trash, Finder ask you
whether you really want to throw away.

This gives you brain extra time to process what your doing and possible
saving you from a very costly in time and money, mistake.
Unlike Widows, Mac OS doesn't allow for deleting files from within the Open
or Save As dialogs while using programs. Navigate in the Finder to the
folder where the file is stored then drag the file to the Trash or select it
& press Command+delete.

If you're new to the Mac you might spend some time in Mac Help on how to use
the OS & the following articles may be useful:

http://word.mvps.org/mac/Differences.html

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

Also, for future reference please don't REPLY to other posts when you have a
question. If you don't find a solution by searching the Forum post a NEW
message stating all particulars about the OS & software versions involved as
well as the details of your inquiry.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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John McGhie

Hi Phillip:

Apple is looking out for your best interest.

ON a PC using windows you can delete a file from within a Program. But
once its gone its gone.
Click to expand...

Mate, you're a few years out of date :) Windows has had a Recycle Bin
since Windows 95. Operates exactly like the Mac's trash, with a couple of
improvements:

One is that if you click "Restore" from inside the PC's Recycle Bin, it
remembers where it got the file from and puts it back in the correct place!

Another is that stuff CANNOT be "in use" in the Recycle Bin. So you cannot
get the infuriating Mac problem of old versions being "in use" from the
Trash.

When you take shots, you need to aim straight :)

Cheers

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Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]
 
C

CyberTaz

One is that if you click "Restore" from inside the PC's Recycle Bin, it
remembers where it got the file from and puts it back in the correct place!
Click to expand...

Not only that, but if you delete an entire hierarchy of folders & then
restore just *1* file from what was the deepest one the entire hierarchy
will be recreated for you just so that 1 file can be restored to exactly
where it was located when sent to the RB.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
P

Phillip Jones, C.E.T.

John said:
Hi Phillip:



Mate, you're a few years out of date :) Windows has had a Recycle Bin
since Windows 95. Operates exactly like the Mac's trash, with a couple of
improvements:

One is that if you click "Restore" from inside the PC's Recycle Bin, it
remembers where it got the file from and puts it back in the correct place!

Another is that stuff CANNOT be "in use" in the Recycle Bin. So you cannot
get the infuriating Mac problem of old versions being "in use" from the
Trash.

When you take shots, you need to aim straight :)

Cheers
Click to expand...


You need to as well. on the Mac if you decided to put something back if
you do it as soon as possible and do nothing in between go to File menu
and choose undo.
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Phillip M. Jones, CET mailto:p[email protected]
If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! http://www.vpea.org
http://www.phillipmjones.net
G4-500 Mac 1.5 GB RAM OSX.3.9 G4-1.67 GB PowerBook 17" 2GB RAM OSX.4.11
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J

John McGhie

Same as the PC, you mean? :)


You need to as well. on the Mac if you decided to put something back if
you do it as soon as possible and do nothing in between go to File menu
and choose undo.
Click to expand...

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]
 
C

CyberTaz

Nah, what John's referring to is that you can restore any single item at any
time as long as it's still in the Recycle Bin. Until you empty the RB you
can restore any & all content to its original location - and that could be
days, weeks, even months after depositing it there.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
P

Phillip Jones, C.E.T.

I haven't tried in OSX but on OS they had a Put away which would allow
you to highlight all the files and click Putaway and it would put them
Back. But, the caveat is you have to do it before you have a new file
with the same name or done some other action
Nah, what John's referring to is that you can restore any single item at any
time as long as it's still in the Recycle Bin. Until you empty the RB you
can restore any & all content to its original location - and that could be
days, weeks, even months after depositing it there.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
Click to expand...

--
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Phillip M. Jones, CET mailto:p[email protected]
If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! http://www.vpea.org
http://www.phillipmjones.net
G4-500 Mac 1.5 GB RAM OSX.3.9 G4-1.67 GB PowerBook 17" 2GB RAM OSX.4.11
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
J

John McGhie

Hi Phillip:

Yeah, Windows is a lot smarter in this respect. You can restore at any
time, even months later. And you can restore to the original location or
drag to a new one. And you can restore one-by-one, or entire selections or
folders at a time.

My point was simply that nobody in here "expects" you to know Windows well.
But if you don't, it is perhaps best not to comment on it.

I can think of a dozen reasons to trash Windows. There is a reason I have
this Mac :) There is a reason this is my fourth Mac. There is a reason
the Apple website has nasty drool marks all the way down the screen. There
is a reason that the fifth Mac will arrive in a month or so.

But the Windows Recycle Bin is not amongst those reasons :)

Cheers

I haven't tried in OSX but on OS they had a Put away which would allow
you to highlight all the files and click Putaway and it would put them
Back. But, the caveat is you have to do it before you have a new file
with the same name or done some other action
Click to expand...

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]
 

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