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Tina-Louise.Allaire
Inspiring
March 15, 2023
Question

Unable to delete blank pages in FM 2022

  • March 15, 2023
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Hi,
I thought I had sent this post a little while ago but I don't see it, so I'm re-adding it.

I have a book file that has 4 empty pages in one file. I have tried various ways to delete them, as per the help information that is available. They have not been deleted. What is also strange is that 3 of these pages has a footer with the chapter name and page number, and 1 page does not. And of course the start of the next chapter has an incorrect page number because the book counted the blank pages.
What am I missing? 

Any help would be great!

Thank you.
Cheers,

Elizabeth 

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    shalomb61686619
    Inspiring
    March 16, 2023

    Is Track Edits on?

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      Tina-Louise.AllaireAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 16, 2023

      Yes it is.

      Elizabeth

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      shalomb61686619
      Inspiring
      March 16, 2023

      Go to Track Text Edits->Preview Off and see whether there is deleted text at the end.

      Bob_Niland
      Community Expert
      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 15, 2023

      Make sure they are actually empty.
      Turn on Text Symbols.
      Enable any and all Conditions.
      set Color Views to show all colors.
      One of the blanks (the last) might also be explained by the Pagination settings in the first para of the next page with content.

       

      The Delete Page feature of FM is rarely useful.

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      Tina-Louise.AllaireAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 15, 2023

      Hi,
      I have followed your suggestion, but the pages remain empty. There is nothing on them other than the 3 that have footer information.

      Elizabeth 

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      Tina-Louise.AllaireAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 16, 2023

      That implies that there's something there, perhaps hidden. On truly blank pages, such as those resulting from Start at Top of Left Page and similar, the blank page cannot be clicked in.


      Hi,

      I think I found what is causing the blank pages. There were links to other sections (that were removed) on the first page and that content was probably on those now blank pages. Is there any way to remove those blank pages now that we know what they once contained?

      Thank you.

      Elizabeth 

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