remove_blank_pages method

remove_blank_pages(input_file_name, output_file_name)

Removes empty pages from the document and saves the output. Returns a list of page numbers that were removed.

def remove_blank_pages(self, input_file_name: str, output_file_name: str):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_file_namestrThe input file name.
output_file_namestrThe output file name.

Returns

List of page numbers has been considered as blank and removed.

remove_blank_pages(input_file_name, output_file_name, save_format)

Removes empty pages from the document and saves the output in the specified format. Returns a list of page numbers that were removed.

def remove_blank_pages(self, input_file_name: str, output_file_name: str, save_format: aspose.words.SaveFormat):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_file_namestrThe input file name.
output_file_namestrThe output file name.
save_formatSaveFormatThe save format.

Returns

List of page numbers has been considered as blank and removed.

remove_blank_pages(input_file_name, output_file_name, save_options)

Removes empty pages from the document and saves the output in the specified format. Returns a list of page numbers that were removed.

def remove_blank_pages(self, input_file_name: str, output_file_name: str, save_options: aspose.words.saving.SaveOptions):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_file_namestrThe input file name.
output_file_namestrThe output file name.
save_optionsSaveOptionsThe save options.

Returns

List of page numbers has been considered as blank and removed.

remove_blank_pages(input_stream, output_stream, save_format)

Removes blank pages from a document provided in an input stream and saves the updated document to an output stream in the specified save format. Returns a list of page numbers that were removed.

def remove_blank_pages(self, input_stream: io.BytesIO, output_stream: io.BytesIO, save_format: aspose.words.SaveFormat):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_streamio.BytesIOThe input stream.
output_streamio.BytesIOThe output stream.
save_formatSaveFormatThe save format.

Returns

List of page numbers has been considered as blank and removed.

remove_blank_pages(input_stream, output_stream, save_options)

Removes blank pages from a document provided in an input stream and saves the updated document to an output stream in the specified save format. Returns a list of page numbers that were removed.

def remove_blank_pages(self, input_stream: io.BytesIO, output_stream: io.BytesIO, save_options: aspose.words.saving.SaveOptions):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_streamio.BytesIOThe input stream.
output_streamio.BytesIOThe output stream.
save_optionsSaveOptionsThe save options.

Returns

List of page numbers has been considered as blank and removed.

Examples

Shows how to remove empty pages from the document.

# There is a several ways to remove empty pages from the document:
doc = MY_DIR + 'Blank pages.docx'
aw.lowcode.Splitter.remove_blank_pages(input_file_name=doc, output_file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.RemoveBlankPages.1.docx')
aw.lowcode.Splitter.remove_blank_pages(input_file_name=doc, output_file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.RemoveBlankPages.2.docx', save_format=aw.SaveFormat.DOCX)

Shows how to remove empty pages from the document from the stream.

with system_helper.io.FileStream(MY_DIR + 'Blank pages.docx', system_helper.io.FileMode.OPEN, system_helper.io.FileAccess.READ) as stream_in:
    with system_helper.io.FileStream(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.RemoveBlankPagesStream.docx', system_helper.io.FileMode.CREATE, system_helper.io.FileAccess.READ_WRITE) as stream_out:
        aw.lowcode.Splitter.remove_blank_pages(input_stream=stream_in, output_stream=stream_out, save_format=aw.SaveFormat.DOCX)

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