Word 2007 page numbering inserting blank page

[beckysmomma]

HELP: Using Word 2007 creating a book, with table of contents, prologues,
etc. FINALLY got i, ii, etc. to show in beginning, and 1, 2, 3 to start on
page 1. When I saved the document as a PDF to take to a print shop, I looked
it over and there is a BLANK page (which didn't show in Word) between pages 5
and 7 where I have changed from i to 1 in page numbers. I can't figure out
how to remove section breaks once they are inserted to get back to plain old
normal....although I love the sections with i, ii, iii it's not worth having
a blank page inserted.

Any ideas how to get rid of my blank page? I do not see a page break when I
have my show/hide paragraph marks on. I am deeply frustrated and want DONE
with this project.

Thanks,

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Do you have Page Setup > Layout tab > “Different odd and even†turned on?
In that case, it explains the empty page.

Word knows that 1 is an odd number and that odd numbers must be on odd
pages. Therefore, Word inserts a blank page because 1 would else end on an
even page. The blank page can be seen in Print Preview.

If you want to keep the i, ii, etc. and get rid of the blank page, you must
either turn off “Different odd and even†or you must make changes to the
content so that the pages before page 1 make up an even number. Note that
turning off “Different odd and even†will affect the margins, headers and
footers if they have been set up differently for odd and even pages.

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Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
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[beckysmomma]

Lene:

Thanks for your reply. I checked and the 'different odd and even' is NOT
turned on. I agree, that would make sense if it was.

Any other ideas?

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Another possibility – the problem could be the type of section break:
Turn on non-printing characters (Ctrl+Shift+8). Check the section break you
inserted. Is it of the type “Section Break (Odd Page)â€. If that is the case,
click somewhere in section 2 (the one that starts with page number 1), then
open the Page Setup dialog box. On the Layout tab, select “New page†instead
of “Odd page†in the “Section start†field and make sure that “Apply to†is
set to “This sectionâ€. Click OK. The empty page should then be removed.
Remember that you need to update the TOC and any other fields that refer to
page numbers.


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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word