Re: FORMAT: Blank Pages

Subject: Re: FORMAT: Blank Pages
From: MONETTE DENISE P 678-3843 MACA <dmonette -at- ARL -dot- MIL>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 08:05:55 -0700

The "This page intentionally left blank" statement is used in classified
documents because each page has to be accounted for. It's a government
thing.
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* Denise Monette Technical Writer/Editor dmonette -at- arl -dot- army -dot- mil*
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On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, Sue Heim wrote:

> Bev Parks wanted to know about blank pages:

> > Does anyone still (or has anyone ever) use intentional blank
> > pages in a document? You know, the kind that say "This page
> > intentionally left blank." I know their purpose is to even up
> > the number of pages in a chapter so that the next chapter can
> > start on the right facing page. (As opposed to the left, but
> > let's not get into *that* again.)

> I always start chapters with a right-facing page, but I never, ever
> use the "This page intentionally left blank" statement on the page. I
> always just leave the page blank, albeit with a page number at the
> bottom. User's do not seem to figure out that that page is supposed
> to be blank.


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