Mirror Margin

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Eve

I am using MS word 2002. My problem is I can't view certain page in Print
Preview when i use Mirror Margin.

Let say i have page 63,64,65... In the normal view, i can't view Page 64.
When i use Go To function, type in 64, it bring me to page 65. I try to go in
Print Preview, I can see Page 64 is totally a blank page that doesn't allow
me to zoom in or zoom out. It appear a handle sign that look like a cross
with a circle.

How do i get back my page 64 without changing the mirror margin setting?
 
G

grammatim

Word won't normally show you a totally blank page in Print Preview.
IIRC even if you set your zoom to display two pages side by side, it
won't show a blank verso, but the openings will be "wrong" until the
next blank page.

(Probably doesn't have anything to do with Mirror Margins.)
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Au contraire, Word won't show you *facing* pages unless you have either
"Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" enabled; when it does, it will
show you blank versos. The cause of a blank verso (as explained at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BlankPage.htm) is an Odd Page section
break. If this type of break was not inserted intentionally, it's likely
that Word has changed a Next Page break to Odd Page because an odd page
number has been assigned (when you use either "Mirror margins" or "Different
odd and even," Word assumes you mean to duplex and attempts to protect you
from your own stupidity).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Word won't normally show you a totally blank page in Print Preview.
IIRC even if you set your zoom to display two pages side by side, it
won't show a blank verso, but the openings will be "wrong" until the
next blank page.

(Probably doesn't have anything to do with Mirror Margins.)
 
E

Eve

Thanks for the solutions.
However i tried to check if it is a odd/even page break, the setting is
still Section break (NExt page). I tried to remove extra paragraph or by
making it smaller to pt1, but the problem still exist...

I have another missing page 66. This page will only appear if i remove the
section break ( Next PAge) at Page 63. If removed this, Page 64 will appear
too...

Wondering why that particular section break ( next page) will cause 2 pages
to be missing?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Are these section breaks between chapters (or something similar), or are
they for reasons of a change in page orientation? I've seen Word convert a
Next Page break to an Odd Page break for a number of reasons, but I've never
seen it convert to an Odd Page break that is still labeled Next Page.
 
E

Eve

Hi,

Thank for replying.

The section breaks are mean to recognise that the end of one story/title.
I noticed the page margin for page 63 and page 65 is totally different.
(page 64 is missing, in print preview, i see a blank page with a crossed
cursor(hander)... cannot zoom in or out.) And by right, Page 65 should be
Page 64. ( I think i missed mentioning this point). It mean to say Page 65's
content = Page 64's content. There is section break (Next PAge) on end of
Page 63 and end of Page 65.

* For your infor, my document have many section. ( 1,2,3,4,5 ....50)
* For your infor, this document is processed using VBA (macro), so the
section break (next page) is inserted through macro. So does Page margin and
orientation.
* It didn't convert to odd/even page break in the first place.

I hope i didn't mess you up from my explanation... :)
Thanks alot... :)
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you would like to send me a sample document (or portion of a document)
exhibiting this problem, I'll take a look.
 
E

Eve

I would like to know is there a different of printing out a Normal page and a
Mirror Margin page?

How the different like?

Thanks.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Not really, no. One way that enabling "Mirror margins" can make a difference
in Word, though, is that it is a signal to Word that you are planning to
duplex the document (print on both sides). Actually duplexing it requires
that the printer be capable of doing so, of course, or that you duplex
manually. But when you are duplexing, Word won't let you put an odd page
number on an even page, or vice versa. If you are restarting numbering in a
section, it will insist on making page 1 an odd (recto) page. To do this, it
will change a Next Page section break to an Odd Page break and insert a
blank even (verso) page after the odd page that ends the previous section.
 
E

Eve

ok. i have send you a sample document with the problem.
Email Title is: Mirror Margin From Eve

Thanks alot.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Yes. Perhaps not the most reliable one at the moment, but still the one I'm
using here.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I've sent a reply. The document is very puzzling, but I've forwarded it to a
friend at Microsoft for further scrutiny.
 
E

Eve

Thanks alot.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
I've sent a reply. The document is very puzzling, but I've forwarded it to a
friend at Microsoft for further scrutiny.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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