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    Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

    I have created a rtf form letter. I somehow created two additional blank pages to the letter. How do I delete them? Delete command at the bottom of the first page does not delete the following two blank pages. I tried Control + Delete and Alt + delete also.
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    Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

    Leo,
    I am uncertain of what you are trying to delete....blank pages can be due to several issues....some curable as easily as setting a property to shrink the band (in the report editor), even just an object too close or over the report/margins, or even a page break can cause extra pages at times. I usually use the report editor instead of the letter as many more features to use.

    A sample would be by far the easiest for me and others to discern what the problem is.
    Mike
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      Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

      Mike, Thanks for the reply.

      I created a letter as I have a large mailing with four fields per letter plus the addressee. My problem is that (somehow?) I created two blank pages for the letter. When I print I get one page of form letter followed by two blank pages. I need to send the letter to two hundred addressees. When I print I will get two hundred letters with four hundred blank pages mixed in. This will be a lot of reloading paper in my printer. I wish to delete the blank pages in the letter.

      I did not think of using a Report format as I needed to generate a letter. Next time I will give it a try.

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        Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

        Leo

        Somehow Alpha thinks that you want those extra pages. Something in your definiton of the letter is forcing the extra pages.

        It can be a variety of issues.

        Page size set too large, objects expanding, page overflows.

        Now that you have the letter working (except for the blank pages), you should create a new letter and move one thing at a time until you find what is causing the blank pages.

        Mike's suggestion of a report is also a good idea and is very easy to do.

        Create a new blank report based on the same table/set.

        The use the report - import - letter
        Al Buchholz
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          Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

          Al, Tried report, import letter. That worked fine except it imported the two blank pages too. I did stumble onto a solution. Preview the letter then click on file, print. Tell Alpha to just print page 1. Not elegant, but works for me.

          Leo

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            Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

            I have to agree with Al. Something on the report is either to large or is expanding to overflow the margins or it may be that the printer margins are too small for the report. Either would be evident if the extra pages show up in the report (letter)preview.

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              Re: Deleting blank pages in rtf letter

              From a non-expert, I just tried this on a report. Look at your footer sections Have you expanded any of them beyond any information you want printed on them. I have a report (see attached). If I take the "page footer" for the report and increase its size beyond what's on the screen then the "report footer" is printed on page 2.

              Jerry

              Never mind, I just realized you were inquiring about a letter, not a data report. I'm not well educated in RTF items. They are not easy to do.

              Well, just did it on a letter which has no footers, dragged the bottom of the screen beyond the bottom of my letter and it printed a blank page
              Last edited by Jerry Hartness; 06-04-2009, 11:09 AM. Reason: OOPS!

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