How Do I Delete a Blank Page from a Word Document

loveandlight

I have just typed up a word document and it is showing as four pages when in reality there is only three pages. How do I delete the fourth page as I don't need it. Thanks for your help.

espresso

Click on the show/hide button and all will be revealed.

loveandlight

Erm, sorry to be so dense but where do I find the show/hide button?

Ferris

if you are able to click the cursor on the blank page then use the arrow keys to get it as far down the page as possible, then press backspace until the blank page disappears.

loveandlight

Unfortunately I have four pages and it's the second page that is blank. I tried to use back space but all it does is jump to the first page. If I press the return button it then jumps onto the third page.:o

John_Gray

> Erm, sorry to be so dense but where do I find the show/hide button?
It is the button with the Paragraph Mark sign on it which looks like ¶ . You should find it near the right-hand side of one of the toolbars at the top. Press this button once to Show, press it again to Hide punctuation marks...

You probably have some un-needed trailing paragraph marks near the bottom of the final page, which you can delete. Then the empty page should magically disappear!

LATER OK, so if it's now page 2 you want to get rid of, check for unwanted paragraph marks within the scope of page 2!

C_Ronaldo

loveandlight wrote: »

Unfortunately I have four pages and it's the second page that is blank. I tried to use back space but all it does is jump to the first page. If I press the return button it then jumps onto the third page.:o

It looks like you have a similar problem as to what i had, from what i remember i didnt solve it but when you come to print why dont you choose to print pages 1,3 and 4

loveandlight

Posted by John Gray
You probably have some un-needed trailing paragraph marks near the bottom of the final page, which you can delete. Then the empty page should magically disappear!

LATER OK, so if it's now page 2 you want to get rid of, check for unwanted paragraph marks within the scope of page 2!

It worked !!!! Thank you sooo much.

C_Ronaldo - John Gray has the answer!