Eliminating an extra page in a doc.

[Barbara]

I put a watermake on a one page doc., but somehow it was
also placed on a page 2. I don't want a second page at
all, but everything I tried to get rid of it didn't
work. Thanks for help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Watermarks always appear on every page. The problem is not the watermark
itself but the extra page. You need to see what is causing it. To facilitate
this, display nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*) and see if you have extra
empty paragraphs on the second page.

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[jplot]

That same problem has been driving me crazy ever since I
have been using Word 2000. I am sometimes successful in
getting rid of the unwanted extra page but in the process
I am never sure of just what I did to accomplice the
feat. What I generaly do now is simply cut or copy and
past to a new document the document with the unwanted
extra page only copy it minus the extra page. Not the
best solution but a solution nontheless.

 

[Greg Maxey]

jplot,

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.

 

[jplot]

Greg,

By golly that sure sounds right to me and I will be eager
to try it out. Thanks for the reply.