Solved: Extra Unwanted Page at End of Document

[Zack Barresse]

Okay, annoying issue here. Not VBA related. I have an extra page on one of my forms (creation in-progress), it's uploaded. Can somebody take a look and tell me how to get rid of that extra page at the end? I'd really, really appreciate it. It's quite annoying.

[Anne Troy]

Hit Ctrl+End.
Hit Shift+Right arrow.
Type a 1 into the Font size box (don't dropdown) and hit Enter.
Voila!

[Zack Barresse]

Okay, you're good. I knew that. But what happened with that? I mean, what did I do to not be able to just select the end (Ctrl + End) and press backspace?

[Jacob Hilderbrand]

Sometimes that happens to me too. There isn't enough room to go to the end of the table, but the table is also too big and a second page is added.

[Zack Barresse]

Ah, gotcha. A table thing.

Still not experienced enough with Word to feel comfortable. Just don't spend enough time with it.

Thanks much guys!!

[mdmackillop]

I always go for the hidden font on the trailing para mark 'cos one day that little space will still go onto the next page!

[Zack Barresse]

I always go for the hidden font on the trailing para mark 'cos one day that little space will still go onto the next page!

Huh?

[mdmackillop]

Select the paragraph mark, Format/Font/Hidden and it goes away completely when you print or preview with format marks hidden.

[Zack Barresse]

Okay Malcolm. I don't do Word; period. Take baby steps with me. What paragraph mark? (Found the Format --> Font --> Hidden)

[mdmackillop]

Hi Zack,
It's the P thing that goes onto the next page. There's alway one after a table. Hidden here on your example.
Malcolm

[Zack Barresse]

Okay, so it follows a table. Any/every table? What does it look like? How do I know it is there? Is it always hidden? Can I unhide?

[Jacob Hilderbrand]

• Tools

• Options

• View

• Paragraph marks

[mdmackillop]

See attached picture.

[Zack Barresse]

Whoohoo! I see it! Word 101 !!

Thanks fellas!

[mdmackillop]

I knew there was a "proper" name for it, Just couldn't remember it.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.



The pilcrow (?) is what most people commonly refer to as the paragraph symbol. This non-alphabetic symbol varies from typeface to typeface, but the form shown here is probably fairly typical.

[Anne Troy]

What? I always called it the backwards pee.

[TheAntiGates]

When I'm really squeezing to keep a page from continuing, and don't want to sacrifice text font size or margins or use other methods of conventional warfare, I will go to every linefeed between paragraphs, and incrementally lower the font on them one-by-one until paydirt. By this I mean as described above - with shift-left-arrow.

Hmmm, if this isn't born to be solved with VBA ... the key would be how to find the paragraph marks (or hard line feeds?).

[Anne Troy]

LOL, AntiGates. If THAT's the case, you just go to Print Preview and hit the "fit to page" button.

[TheAntiGates]

True, though doesn't the text matter font sometimes drop then?

[Anne Troy]

Not sure. I never use it. I always do what you do.