As you must have experienced it, the presence of a blank page somewhere in the middle of a Microsoft Word document can mess up with page numbering, especially when you print the document.
Even if you are not actually printing the file, any document with unnecessary blank page looks unprofessional and is not suitable for sending by email or converting to PDF Format.
Hence, we are providing below the steps to Delete Blank Pages in Microsoft Word, both when they occur at the end of the document and also from anywhere in the middle of the document.
1. Delete Blank Pages at End of Microsoft Word Document
As you must have noticed, blank pages usually occur at the end of a Microsoft Word Document. Luckily it is really easy to delete blank pages appearing at the end of a document.
1. Open the Microsoft Word Document containing the blank page on your computer.
2. Click on the View tab in the top-menu bar and select Print Layout.
3. Next, switch to Home tab and click on Paragraph Markers icon.
4. After this, scroll down to the bank page, select all the paragraph markers in the blank page and press the Delete key on the keyboard of your computer.
In case of multiple blank pages, select paragraph markers from the first to the last blank page and hit the delete key.
2. Delete Blank Pages in the Middle of Microsoft Word Document
An easy way to locate and delete blank pages from the middle of Microsoft Word document is to adjust the zoom % to about 20% and view the document in Multiple Page view.
1. Open the Microsoft Word Document containing blank page/pages in the Middle of Document.
2. Click on the View tab located in the top-menu bar and select Print Layout.
3. Next, click on the Zoom Icon and adjust the Zoom to 20%. This will allow you to view multiple pages in the document, making it easy to find a blank page in the middle of a Word Document.
4. Switch to Home tab and click on the Paragraph Markers icon.
5. To delete a blank page, select all the paragraph markers in the blank page and press the delete key on the keyboard of your computer.
3. Delete Blank Page Below Table in Microsoft Word
Every time you insert a table in a Word document, Microsoft Word automatically adds a blank space at beginning and bottom of the table, which often results in a blank pages.
Unlike other blank pages, a blank page created due to insertion of tables is difficult to remove. However, there is an easy workaround that can be used to delete a blank page appearing after a table in Microsoft Word.
1. Click on the Home tab and click on Paragraph Markers icon.
2. To remove blank page after a table, select the paragraph markers right below the table and change the Font Size to 1 pt.
4. Delete Blank Page in Two Page Word Document
Sometimes, it becomes difficult to delete a blank page in a two-page Word document and this can happen due to a number of reasons.
1. Click on the Office button > click on Print and select Print Preview option.
2. On the Print Preview screen, click on Shrink one page and this will automatically delete the second blank page.
