How to Eliminate Pages Within a Word Document

If your document prints out blank pages that you didn't notice onscreen, or if you need to remove a page of content from the middle or end of a document there TKTKare an easy way to take care of it.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Switch to the "Draft" or "Print Layout" view in Word. In the toolbar, press the "Show ¶" button so that all of the formatting is visible on the screen.

2. Highlight the page break with your mouse on the blank page and press the "Delete" button on your keyboard.

3. Delete a page with content by highlighting the whole page. Select all of the text with your mouse, or use the "Go To" command (in the "Edit" menu on a Mac, or on the "Home" tab under "Find" on a PC). Place your cursor on the page you want to delete, and then type "\page" into the "Go To" box. Click the "Go To" button and close the box. The whole page is now selected. Press the "Delete" key on your keyboard.

4. Eliminate extra pages at the end of a document. Highlight the final page break or extra paragraph markers (¶). Press the "Backspace" key (on a PC) or the "Delete" key (on a Mac).

Tips & Warnings

• To avoid blank pages or funny page breaks, do not insert manual page breaks. The computer paginates your document automatically, and can also keep certain lines or paragraphs together and avoid widows and orphans. Go to "Paragraph" on the "Format" menu. Click "Line and Page Breaks" and choose the formatting you want.
• Save your document before you eliminate pages in case you eliminate the wrong text by accident.

References

• Microsoft Office; Add or Delete a Page
• ZDNet Asia: Eliminate Unwanted Blank Word Pages with Pagination Formatting; Mary Ann Richardson; May 15, 2008