However, when you print or export the document as a PDF file, a few extra blank pages are inserted at the end of the document. You may not have an extra lines or white spaces after the last line of text and yet the blank pages may be added. To confirm if your Google Document is affected by this issue, open the file inside Google Docs, go to the File menu and choose Print Preview.
If any blank pages are added to your document in the print preview, they will show up in the exported PDF as well. This is a very old bug in Google Docs and there are a few solutions you can try to get around the problem. You may also try changing the page size from say A5 or Letter to A4. Start from Scratch - If your problem is not resolved, open the Google Document, press Ctrl-A or Cmd-A to select the entire document, Ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard, then create a new document and paste the content with Ctrl-V.
The new document may not be affected by the PDF bug. He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science I. The 5th and 6th pages are blank. Anyone have a workaround? In the Google Doc help forum , there are a few answers suggesting to change the view to "print layout". Changing the view to "print layout" fixed the issue for me.
I had the same issue you had, and tried all the suggested solutions with no results. Here is what ended up working for me:. The custom or minimum setting will cause a blank page to be inserted between every used page. So, changing Paper size from Letter to A4 make the extra blank page disappear.
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Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Word IT Pro Discussions. This forum is for general questions and feedback related to Word all versions as they pertain to the IT Pro community. Sign in to vote. Using Word Have formatted book manuscript, using Styles. Word doc looks great. Can't find any screwy page breaks or section breaks.
Looks perfect. How do I get rid of those blank pages? Tuesday, October 2, PM. Look at the original Word document in the Backstage view formerly Print Preview. Do you see the extra pages there as well? This is not an answer. Tuesday, September 15, PM. Word is not messed up, at least not in this aspect.
It is doing what it was told. Someone told it to start a new section on an odd even - numbered page. It inserts a blank page when printing to follow this command.
Conversion to pdf is treated as if printing. Charles Kenyon Madison, WI. Wednesday, September 16, PM. I think I've absolutely solved out the problem on my own problem. To be able to print my thesis like a book with even and odd pages, I had to leave blank pages at the every single files of my thesis.
But while converting to PDF, there used to appear more blank ones. Mine has to do with the page numeration. If on your blank page, number style checked as "odd and even pages differen", then the word automatically creates more or odd or even blank page. So uncheck it, to be able to get rid off more blank page.
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