You need to do it the other way round ie insert page 2 only when it is
required. eg
{IF {Mergefield fieldname} = "Y" "Put the content of page 2 here"}

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> Including a page 2 in my mail merge if a field is equal to Y; if
> field is equal to N, I don't want page 2; my IF statement has "" if
> 'if' fails, and it works, but I get a blank page instead.