ID: Q68618
The information in this article applies to:
If you use the Different Odd And Even Pages option, and you have inserted an Odd Page section break after an odd page, no even header or footer will be placed on the preceding even page. Likewise if you have inserted an Even Page section break after an even page, no odd header or footer will be placed on the preceding odd page.
When you insert an Odd Page section break, the next page will be an odd- numbered page. If the section break falls on an odd-numbered page, Word leaves the intervening even-numbered page blank.
Likewise, when you insert an Even Page section break, the next page will be an even-numbered page. If the section break falls on an even-numbered page, Word leaves the intervening odd-numbered page blank.
For additional information about this issue, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q85392
TITLE : Blank Page After Odd Page or Even Page Section Break
ARTICLE-ID: Q81441
TITLE : Different Odd and Even Header/Footer Affects All Sections
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, page 261
"Microsoft Word for the Macintosh User's Guide," version 5.0, page 215
Additional query words: odd section break winword2 winword ntword wordnt wordnt macword word95 word7 word6 8.0 word8 word97
Keywords : kbprint kbformat
Version : Windows:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a- CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0, 7.0a,97;Macintosh: 6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfoLast Reviewed: February 3, 1998