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Subject:Re: Page Numbering in Word From:"Halter, Meg" <HalterMC -at- NAVAIR -dot- NAVY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:56:54 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Megan Golding [SMTP:megan -dot- golding -at- DVTSENSORS -dot- COM]
>
> I agree with Nancy on this one -- I am comforted by the presence of
> *something* (even just a page number) on an intentionally blank page.
> Actually, I really like the US military's practice of using this
> disclaimer
> (typed in the center of the page):
>
> THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
>
> (Yes, they write it in all CAPS, too -- how annoying!)
>
> Megan, still wondering when the US military
> will find something other than Courier fonts
>
>
>
If it's any consolation, some facilities use sentence case for the
sentence declaring a blank page (which makes it no longer blank). And we use
proportional fonts, computers 'n everything! :-)
