Hi All,

A curious question has just popped into my head:

Why are some pages left blank, in official documents such as Engineering Specs, International/National Standards and Directives etc....

Normally pages close to the front or the back of the document?!!!

I have often wondered this but until now didn't think to ask!!!

Hope someone can clear this up!

Don't know for certain, but it might just be that either:

a) The authors want the next section to start on the left hand page;

or

b) The way that many such documents are printed require 4 pages per piece of paper - this means that any document has to have a total number of pages that is a multiple of 4. So if you write a 21 page document you will need three blank pages somewhere.

May be totally wrong but that's my attempt at the answer. :rolleyes:

Er..........because they couldn't think of anything else to write about...............??????????????

:D

Andy
(sorry, couldn't help myself):lmao:

b) The way that many such documents are printed require 4 pages per piece of paper - this means that any document has to have a total number of pages that is a multiple of 4. So if you write a 21 page document you will need three blank pages somewhere.

May be totally wrong but that's my attempt at the answer. :rolleyes:

By George, I think you've got it!

Baldrick is correct. Pages are made from a single sheet that's folded in half, thus creating 4 pages. If the number of pages in the manuscript is not divisible by 4, extra (blank) pages will be added.

Except that most of the time they are NOT blank, because someone has chosen to insert a statement to the effect that "This page intentionally blank".:rolleyes: