Extra (Hidden) Page with Section Breaks

[Sandra]

I need to know why Word inserts an extra (hidden) page in documents when you
insert a section break?

I do not see the page in my document, but when I print it, there is an extra
page directly after the Section break (which I use to number the TOC page
differently from the rest of the document).

This has occurred before and I am wondering: 1 - why this happens, 2 - what
I can do to prevent it and 3 - how can I remove the page when I can't even
access it?

Thank you.

Sandra

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In the section that begins after the hidden blank page, go to the Layout tab
of Page Setup and see what the section start type is. If it's "Odd page,"
try changing it back to "New page."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Sandra]

Suzanne,

I did change this Page Setup to "New page" (it was set to "Odd page"), but
there is still an extra page in there.

Sandra

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm for other suggestions,
but note that if you are restarting numbering at 1 in your new section, Word
will force an odd page regardless of anything else you do because 1 *must*
be an odd page.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Sandra]

Thank you, Suzanne!

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm for other suggestions,
but note that if you are restarting numbering at 1 in your new section, Word
will force an odd page regardless of anything else you do because 1 *must*
be an odd page.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org