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> A previous post from Ann Mackenzie mentioned the ever-popular sentence
> "This page intentionally left blank." I *strongly dislike* this
> sentence because, once you've put it on the page, the page ISN'T BLANK
> ANYMORE (deep breath!!!).
>
> Anyway, for years now I've used the phrase "This page for your notes."
> on pages at the end of a chapter. Anybody else have any other creative
> ideas for replacements?
Personally, I just leave them blank, with only page numbering and any
applicable header or footer. Hopefully, my final paragraph/sentence on the
previous page is composed clearly enough that readers will know that the
information is complete for this chapter/appendix. (I like summary
paragraphs as a quick review of what was previously discussed)
I learned to dislike "This page left intentionally blank" pages very early
in my career as a Technical Writer. In fact, a manual I inherited early on
contained several pages with the following line: "This page left
intentionally blank to avoid inconvenient page breaks later in the
manual." When I asked the original author why he felt the users would
need to know about "inconvenient page breaks", he said "They might not,
but I do." Flaky as a Crisco (tm) crust... Needless to say, I removed all
such pages from the manual.
Paul
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