table seems to always have traling Paragraph; causes 2nd page

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nnn - 25 Apr 2008 00:35 GMT

A template I use ends with a table (who authored etc). Because the table
always seems to have a following paragraph marker (the backwards P
thing) I get a blank second page when that ending table is at the very
bottom of the page. Is there any way I can defeat this behavior?

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Jay Freedman - 25 Apr 2008 02:04 GMT

>A template I use ends with a table (who authored etc). Because the table
>always seems to have a following paragraph marker (the backwards P
>thing) I get a blank second page when that ending table is at the very
>bottom of the page. Is there any way I can defeat this behavior?

The paragraph mark after a table is an absolute requirement of the program;
there is no way to remove it. However, you can select it and format it either as
Hidden text or as a 1 pt font size. Read the section "Table at the end of the
document" in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm.

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nnn - 25 Apr 2008 03:04 GMT

> >A template I use ends with a table (who authored etc). Because the table
> >always seems to have a following paragraph marker (the backwards P
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> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Thanks, both of you, solved my issue.

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rebel - 25 Apr 2008 02:40 GMT

That para mark is unavoidable. The only methods I know to avoid the risk of a
following blank page are move the bottom page margin down and/or reduce the
point size of that para mark. I usually wind up doing the latter - down to four
point or so. (Highlight para mark, then Shortcut - Ctrl-LeftSquareBracket
<repeat>)

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