Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with extra space at bottom of pages.

I think Tom's tip below was intended for the list:

Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> You can zoom-out to such an extreme that you can see multiple pages at a time.
>
> Of course it's not very easy to see individual characters by that
> point but it's still possible to edit the document.  I think other
> people's answers have probably helped more for this specific question
> but i find its quite a useful way of previewing and doing "broad brush
> strokes" editing for over all layout and such.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> On 21/12/2016, libreoffice-ml.mbourne@spamgourmet.com
> <libreoffice-ml.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> > Do a lot of the paragraphs have "Keep with next paragraph" selected in
> > the "Text Flow" tab? I've seen that do strange things before where
> > paragraphs tend to stay on the last page they were forced onto, because
> > LibreOffice is trying to keep more paragraphs together than actually fit
> > on a page.
> >
> > Someone posted here a couple of days ago mentioning that "Keep with next
> > paragraph" is always set when opening .docx files. If that's happening
> > in your case, you'd be better off keeping your main copy in .odt format,
> > since that's LibreOffice's "native" format, and just export a copy to
> > .docx to share with other people as and when necessary (or even better,
> > export to PDF if they don't need to edit it).
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> > Leam Hall wrote:
> > > Alan, I appreciate the detailed instructions. However, they didn't
> > > resolve the issue. My explanation may be lacking, let me try again.
> > >
> > > I have a 9 page text based (no formulae, images, etc) document open in
> > > "Normal" view, and have just completed your instructions on that
> > > document. On Page 1, most of the lower half of the page is blank. There
> > > is a single paragraph break under the last line, and then about half a
> > > page of nothing. The first paragraph on Page 2 is a single line.
> > >
> > > Interesting note. Viewing in "Normal" view. If I switch to "Web" view,
> > > and then switch back, the issue is resolved. However, if I save the
> > > file, close it, and reopen, the issue is back.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/19/16 21:23, Alan B wrote:
> > > > Hello Leam,
> > > >
> > > > I suggest try the following...
> > > >
> > > > Open your document then...
> > > > Ctrl+A
> > > >
> > > > This will select *everything* in the document
> > > >
> > > > Then right-click to bring up the context menu
> > > >
> > > > Click on the "Paragraph..." option
> > > >
> > > > In the dialog box that appears click the "Text Flow" tab
> > > >
> > > > At the bottom of this tab in the "Options" tic "Do not split paragraph".
> > > > If this is not available clear the tics in "Orphan control" and "Window
> > > > control". Once that's done it should be possible to tic "Do not split
> > > > paragraph".
> > > >
> > > > Now go back through your document with "View > Non-printing characters"
> > > > enabled. Delete all the extra paragraphs you've inserted to cause your
> > > > paragraphs to display in their entirety on one page.
> > > >
> > > > With "Do not spit paragraph" enabled your paragraphs will not split
> > > > across pages.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Leam Hall <leamhall@gmail.com
> > > > <mailto:leamhall@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >      I have several multi-page documents that have extra space at the
> > > >      bottom of the page. Turning on the "View" -> "Non-printing
> > > >      characters" shows one or two paragraph markers and then an inch or
> > > >      more of extra space.
> > > >
> > > >      If I go to the last paragraph and hit delete twice it will generally
> > > >      draw up the paragraph from the next page. I then hit enter twice and
> > > >      the new paragraph stays on the page. Since my paragraphs are short I
> > > >      can do that a few times on each page.
> > > >
> > > >      This issue is that I'd rather not do that several times on each of a
> > > >      hundred or so pages. Is there anything else I can look to check?
> > > >      Using LibreOffice 5.2.1.2 on Linux.
> > > >
> > > >      Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >      Leam


--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted