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Roberta...@officeformac.com

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:29:10 AM12/11/09
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Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) I have a document that is only one page long, but there is a second, empty page, that I cannot delete. In order to make two columns in the second part of this document/page, I did make a section break. When I try to delete the blank page, the formatting reverts to one column.
I hope there is a solution that will allow me to keep the two-column formatting and still delete the blank page.

CyberTaz

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:58:17 AM12/11/09
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In order to see what you're dealing with make sure you have the non-printing
characters displayed in the document (click the � button on the Standard
Toolbar or use Command+8 to toggle them on). My guess is that you inserted a
Next Page Section Break rather than a Continuous Section Break.

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

On 12/11/09 2:29 AM, in article 59bae...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,

Roberta...@officeformac.com

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:17:45 PM12/11/09
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Thanks for the tip. I did what you suggested and found at the end of the second column, at the last possible space on the page, that a next page break was there...which I did not put there! (My continuous section break was right where I put it, at the top of the two-column section.)
So, what do I have to do to delete that next page break and the extra blank page?
The delete button only moves that break up the column.

> In order to see what you're dealing with make sure you have the non-printing
> characters displayed in the document (click the � button on the Standard
> Toolbar or use Command+8 to toggle them on). My guess is that you inserted a
> Next Page Section Break rather than a Continuous Section Break.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 12/11/09 2:29 AM, in article 59bae...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,

CyberTaz

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:35:13 PM12/11/09
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Place the insertion point at the beginning of the section break line then
press the forward delete key (fn+delete if a notebook/compact keyboard) or
double-click the blue section break line then press delete.

Regards |:>)


Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 12/11/09 2:17 PM, in article 59bae...@webcrossing.JaKIaxP2ac0,

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