Too many pages in an Excel file

Factual Questions
1

I have an excel file that is supposed to be 1 page. But it lists 11. 10 blank. How do I get it to just the one page?

2

Delete the 10 blank ones.

ETA: And how’d you get so many blank pages? I think 3 is the default.

3

Thinking it over, we may need more information. Is this an Excel file you made yourself, or did you receive it from someone else? Are the worksheets labeled with actual names? Does the file contain any macros or VBA?

4

Not really familiar with the program. It’s a file a coworker created for tooling repairs for the week and named it Schedule. Not much more info I guess. When he goes to print it he has to change the print option to page 1 to 1. Not a big deal but annoying

5

Language is vague so I’ll answer both:

  1. The other 2 responses assume you mean “Sheets” the terminology used by Excel. As stated, delete the bad ones.

  2. You may also have it print 11 blank pages when you try to print the sheet. This means that the other pages likely have blank spaces and stuff that prints by default. You can either specify a print range, or delete (not type over) the range outside the cells you want to keep. For example, click the first column to the right of your data, Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow, then delete.
    If the file is not that big, you can also copy the cells you want to keep into a new .xlsx to make it easier.

Edit: looks like #2 then. Excel treats blank cells different than ones that have non-visible data. “” is different from " "

6

Ah, so we’re printing.

You can delete the “not really blank” cells like thelurkinghorror suggested. You may need to go down as well as sideways.

You could also use the Set Print Area feature. Highlight everything that you want to print, go to the menu under Page Layout, and select Print Area then Set Print Area (though there may be a different process depending on which version you’re using.)