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Trailing Paragraph? forcing the creation of a blank page at the end of the document
My apologies if this isn't the most relevant forum to post this question.
I have a mail merge document designed to present information on two distinct records per page. When I have two records, or an number of records divisible by two, I always get a trailing empty page. When I view my document with formatting marks visible, I see my record tabel has a paragraph marker before and after it. I suspect this is the problrm, that the trailing paragraph is carrying over to a new page. If I am on the right track, how do I remove that trailing paragraph? I trust to leading one will ensure that a space is left between the two records presented on the page. If there is something more sinister, please point it out and advise how I can repair it. Thank you in advance! |
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How are you ensuring that you get two records per page? Looking at your screenshot it appears that the page has a header and footer. That would be awkward with two documents per page.
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Hi GMayor ... I am not very knowledgeable to answer that question with any confidence. All I can say I have been using this for years (just only now getting around to try to tackle this annoyance. Requires a step of manual editing I was hoping to avoid) and the result have been consistent.
I think perhaps because the table is a set height that only two records using this table would fit. Understand it's two records per page ... each record filling the table. Two tables per page. If it's three, I get one page of two records, a second page of 1. If it's four records, I get two pages of two and a third empty page (except for header/footer) etc etc. Luck perhaps? |
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If you can supply the merge document and some dummy data (send it to supportATgmayor.com) I will see what the problem is. If you elect to do that put your form username in the subject of the message or it will be discarded.
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Hi Paul. That is what I assumed was happening but was hoping their was a way to prevent/avoid it.
Once the mail merge document has been created, I go to the top line of thebody of the blank page and press delete. This removes the blank page. Graham, thank you so much for your generous offer to assist. I appreciate having two pros on the case and I don't want to disrespect anyone's thoughts or suggestions. Hopefully collectively a resolution can be found and shared with the community. |
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Hi Jenn,
Can you attach a copy of the mailmerge main document to a post?
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So, an apology is in order for basically duplicating a post. But, the solution there, like here, evades me. |
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The problem is the conditional field that inserts a page break after the table. It is not required if you format the first two rows of the table as 'keep with next'.
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Graham Mayor - MS MVP (Word) (2002-2019) Visit my web site for more programming tips and ready made processes www.gmayor.com |
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Hi Graham, thank you for providing me the solution. Things appear to be working wonderfully now.
I very much appreciate your openness to share your skill. |
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