Re: how to remove blank last page

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Nov 17, 2009, 2:13:32 PM11/17/09

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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm

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> how do you get rid of a blank last page of a doc? I've tried to bs and
> delete the reviewing characters but can't. I'm about to jump off a cliff
> for
> spending so much time on something that should be simple!
>

KarenY

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Nov 21, 2009, 4:11:01 PM11/21/09

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Hi Suzanne,

I have the same problem as this threat and did try to resolve as you wrote
in the link listed below but no success after having tried for almost an hour
!

I have the table in my last page and I did change the font of the last para.
into 1 point, as a matter of fact, after the table, I still have a couple of
rows (space) on the page too.

Here's my file is:
6 pages, first 5 pages are portrait, 6th page is landscape with the table.
There are header and footer for the file.

Would that be something to do with the section ?

Please help ? I know it may be simple but I just couldn't get there....
thanks
Karen

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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Nov 21, 2009, 4:42:19 PM11/21/09

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Do you have a Section Break after the table? What is the orientation of the
unwanted blank page? If it is portrait, then for sure you do have a Section
Break after the table.

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KarenY

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Nov 21, 2009, 6:21:01 PM11/21/09

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yes, but I didn't do it myself. its automatically there because the 1st 5
pages are portrait, then I have to add a section break for the 6th page for
the table.
Can I get rid of the section break ?

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Nov 21, 2009, 7:02:52 PM11/21/09

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You need a section break before the table but not after.

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KarenY

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Nov 22, 2009, 5:21:01 AM11/22/09

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There was a section break before the table.
Let me put all the pieces together :

first 5 pages = portrait
section break
page 6 = landscape, it's the table but there's still some line spacing on
the page
actually page 6 is the last page of the document
but then page 7 = blank page which was created automatically and that I
couldn't remove it

As in your (Suzanne) page, there would be a paragraph after the table,
there's no paragraph on page 6, it's on page 7 (portrait), so I've changed
into 1 point, it's a blank page (pg.7).
I can't see a para. after the table on the same page (pg. 6), I pressed the
"backspace" from page 7, then the cursor went back on the top of the table in
pg.6 and I don't see a section break after the table.

I am completely lost now....
Please help.

thanks
Karen

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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Nov 22, 2009, 6:08:36 AM11/22/09

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What is the orientation of the unwanted last page?

Also in the Table properties dialog, make sure that the Text wrapping is set
to None.

If you click on the Show/Hide button (¶), what do you see after the table?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Nov 22, 2009, 8:14:47 AM11/22/09

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If one point didn't do it, did Hidden not work? Can you reduce the height of
the table slightly?

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KarenY

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Nov 22, 2009, 8:38:08 AM11/22/09

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The orientation of the unwanted last page = portrait.

I can find "Text Wrap" in the Table properties dialog ???

I did click on the Show/Hide button (¶), there is nothing shown after the
table (i.e. page 6).

Yet the unwanted last page, the 1st sign (1st row) is with this ¶

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Nov 22, 2009, 1:25:21 PM11/22/09

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Note that you can format the section break as hidden (or 1 pt). Of course,
if it isn't needed (I haven't been reading the whole thread), it would be
easier to just delete it.

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Nov 22, 2009, 3:04:05 PM11/22/09

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I haven't done the section break after the table (page 6), the section break
is before the table, i.e. prior to the changing from portriat to landscape.
When I turn on the paragraph sign, I don't see a section break after the
table either.

I have tried point 1, hidden, change the margin at the bottom of the table
page, make the table smaller with a couple of rows less, etc. etc.

What did I do wrong ?

OR can you please tell me step by step to create a new document, I can just
copy and paste the text from the existing document to a new document as long
as I have the 1st 5 pages in portrait and the last page to be the table page
in landscape.

appreciate it if you could help me out on this, otherwise, I will type "THIS
IS A BLANK PAGE" in my last page for the solution although I don't really
want to.... looks silly, because this is an instruction document.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Nov 22, 2009, 4:30:16 PM11/22/09

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Okay, let's make one thing clear: You CANNOT have a portrait page after your
landscape table without having a section break (Next Page) between them.
And, as I said in a previous post, if you want to delete the section break
without changing the landscape orientation of the table page, you have to
change the orientation of that last page/section to landscape BEFORE
deleting the section break.

If you have difficulty seeing the section break even in Normal/Draft view,
then you can search for ^b or use Browse by Section to find it. You *will*
be able to delete it, and that is the only way you can remove the last page.
The link Stefan gave you to
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/WorkWithSections.htm should be helpful
as well.

In this case, since your table doesn't fill the page, you could convert the
Next Page break to a Continuous break. You'll still need to change the
orientation of that last page first; then, with the insertion point on the
last page, go to the Layout tab of Page Setup and change the section start
type.

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KarenY

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Nov 23, 2009, 3:18:02 AM11/23/09

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It works !

I really appreciate all of you having a lot of patience for me !!!!
I am really happy.
Again I am sorry for just a simple thing to cause all the troubles to you all.

Learned a lot again !

thanks again,
karen

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Stefan Blom

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Nov 23, 2009, 6:31:10 AM11/23/09

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I'm glad you got it sorted! :-)

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