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Anonymous
September 8, 2011
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Imported file creating blank page

  • September 8, 2011
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I have a file of boilerplate text. My current document imports this (as a referenced file). The boilerplate file concludes with a table and then a single blank line using the Normal paragraph style. It all looks just fine in the boilerplate file.

However, in my document file, there's an extra blank page and I cannot delete. When I try to delete it, I get an error: "Cannot delete pages. They contain imported text that extends outside the page range you are deleting. Convert the text insets to text and try again."

Any suggestions?

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    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    September 8, 2011

    Two popular ways of getting undesired extra blank pages with insets are:

    1. Pagination is set to duplex, and "make page count even" is enabled. I suspect this is NOT your problem.
    2. The format of the paragraph into which you are importing the inset has Pagination set to "Top of Page". I just had this happen, and it does cause an extra blank page. I suspect this is also not you problem, but it's worth a look.
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    Anonymous
    September 8, 2011

    I do not have pagination set to "make page count even" and I was importing into a paragraph of style "normal." However, you gave me an idea. I did some experimentation and this seems to fix it:

    1. Open the file to be inserted. It should end with an empty paragraph, with font size of 2. Save & close.

    2. Delete the inserted file from the chapter or document file.

    3. If the extra blank page is still present, delete it.

    4. Create a an empty paragraph where the inserted file will go, with font size of 2.

    5. Put the cursor on the new empty paragraph and insert the file.

    6. Refresh all references.

    I know it seems convoluted, but it does appear to be working.

    Thanks, Error7103.

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