How to Prevent Blank Pages in Google Docs
Blank pages might appear in Google Docs because of a number of reasons. You can prevent them from appearing if you take care of a few things:
1. Use “Ctrl + Enter” Carefully
The shortcut Ctrl + Enter is used to insert a new page in the document. It is possible that you insert one without meaning to. So take care as you use those shortcuts to avoid adding an unnecessary new page in your document.
2. Check Section Breaks
Section breaks might be added in a Google Docs mistakenly and they simply lead to the appearance of a new page. Although deleting a section break is quite simple but only if you can see them. Thus, make sure you turn off the Show print layout option from the View tab to see these section breaks.
uncheck show print layout
3. Check Page Break
Sometimes a blank page might appear because of a page break. To remove such a blank page, simply use delete to remove the page.
4. Clear Formatting
If you have copied the content from somewhere, and it has extra spaces in it, then you can simply remove the formatting to get rid of extra spaces.
clear formatting
5. Check Custom Spacing
As discussed in one of the above sections, a custom space after a paragraph might be causing the insertion of a blank page at the end. So, make sure you check of the custom spacing is set to default.
custom spacing
How to Delete a Page in Google Docs
While working on Google Docs, you might come across extra pages in your document now and then. It could be accidentally hitting Ctrl + Enter or pasting content with different formatting. Regardless, these unwanted blank pages can make your document appear less polished.
The good news is that removing these blank pages in Google Docs is an easy task. There are several quick and easy methods to achieve this, and we’ll show you how to delete pages in Google Docs, along with a couple of handy tips about the application in general.
How to Delete a Page in Google Docs