Need to limit resume to one page

My problem is that the resume fills the whole page, and Word automatically inserts the second blank page as if I were going to continue writing.  I need to limit the document to one page.  The resume is mostly made of table to make everything easily ordered.  Not sure if that is what is causing the problem.  When I go to the next page and attempt to backspace to get rid of it, nothing happens.
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Answer

With a table in a Word document, there is always a paragraph mark (¶) after the table that cannot be deleted.  You can see it by clicking on the Show\Hide (¶) button in the Home tab of the ribbon.

If that empty paragraph mark is all that is on the second page, you can do one of the following

  1. Reduce the top and\or bottom margins to provide more space on the page.
  2. Select the empty paragraph and reduce the font size and the line spacing
  3. Select the empty paragraph and format the font as Hidden.  (You will need to turn off the display and printing of "non-printing" characters or hidden text for this to be effective.)
Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated February 12, 2024 Views 2,959 Applies to: