Your sample documents contain blank paragraphs. At least one document has "unresolved" Track Changes, that is, changes which haven't been rejected or accepted.

One document contains a section break which starts a new page.

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	unresolvedTrackChanges.png (110.2 KB, 12 views)

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

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