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Ever had this happen to you? You run a print job and are surprised to get 22 pages of output. That would have been fine, except you were expecting one or two at the most. Problem is, most of the pages that came out of the printer are empty!
The problem is most likely that you mistakenly selected a cell at a distant column and row and bumped into your Space Bar. That leaves no visible signs, but Excel thinks you want to print this space.
The solution is as simple as this:
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2016-08-07 23:54:24
JIM MINER
This may work, but the easiest method is the always "Print the selection" which means you must always "select what you want to print" and then "Print the Selection"!
You will never print anything that you do not want printed.
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