Deleting a "hidden" blank page

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jroti

I have a document that is over 200 pages long. For some reason, Word
has inserted blank pages throughout my document that are only visible
when I go to Print Preview. But it the Normal view they not visible in
my document at all except the fact that the page numbers skip a page.
I have tried all troubleshooting methods to try and remedy this. It
seems this may be a glitch in the software itself. Does anyone have
any idea how I can rid of these blank pages?! I'm pulling my hair out
over here! :confused: Thanks!
 
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT

Take a look at the formatting of the paragraph that appears immediately
after each blank page. Is it set to "Page Break Before"?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The blank pages are caused by "Odd page" section breaks. If you did not
explicitly choose these breaks (that is, if you inserted "Next page"
breaks), then Word may have changed them behind your back because you are
trying to put a portrait page on the back of landscape or vice versa. The
reason for this is that printers evidently find it much harder to print
landscape than portrait and especially difficult when duplexing. To
accommodate the printer, Word changes the break type. You can overrule Word
(usually) by going to the Layout tab of Page Setup and changing the section
start back to "New page."
 
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