My pages are getting blank even though they shouldn't be.

Anonymous
2024-10-22T21:04:17+00:00

So, in word, I have like three of four pages in a chapter where the text goes onto the next page, and then the chapter stops so I start typing on the next page. But, when I go into print preview, the text is all there, but there are random blank pages and those pages are the ones that had the little bit of text on them. The text is on the previous page, but now there are just random blank pages. How do I fix this without having to delete the pages because they are numbered?

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2024-10-23T01:18:40+00:00

Are you using section breaks between chapters? If you use an Odd Page break, you will get a totally blank even page at the end of a chapter where the text ends on an odd page. You will see these blank pages only in Print Preview. These pages are included in the numbering but should not display a (printed) page number.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-23T02:18:35+00:00

    this helped. thank you

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