Blank page between Sections (Print Preview Mode) (WordXP)

[Canberra]

I was wondering why in the attached document, there are blank pages between the sections (in Print Preview mode)?

[Canberra]

This document has a similar page setup, but there are no blank pages.

[HansV]

My guess is that the section breaks have become corrupt, but how is not clear to me. By turning off Different Odd and Even, for example, you reduce the document to 3 pages.

[Canberra]

Hi. In this case, it is unlikely that the section breaks are corrupt. The blank page occurs in every document based on that template, so I expect there is some setting in the document that is forcing the blank page.

If I turn off "Different Odd and Even" then I lose the alignment of the page numbers in the footers.

[Canberra]

I just found a solution.

By pasting all the text from the document into a normal template, the blank pages disappear.

This suggests that there is a document property that causes the blank pages, but I don't know where it is set.

[jscher2000]

One thing that troubles me about that first document... my mouse does not seem to work normally after returning to Normal view from Print Preview. If I select all using Ctrl+A and then click in the document, I do not get an insertion point. Word seems to ignore double-clicking of text as well. It is almost as if there is some odd type of protection applied, but I can't pin down what it is.

[Andrew Lockton]

Does it have anything to do with Line Numbering which is turned on for the last section of your problem document but not turned on in the other sample. I noted that turning it off didn't solve the issue but it does seem odd. Pasting into another document would apply a different page setup to the last section so perhaps this is why it solves the problem for you.

[Canberra]

Hi. I had thought of that. However, when I paste it into a blank document the line number remains.....

[Andrew Lockton]

In that case, I'm with Hans - there is some kind of corruption in the file that I can't explain. Saving out to RTF doesn't solve it either. I would recreate the template and try your luck with a new one.