Ronald Ray - I have done this on a couple of occasion. Then, the specs get modified and what was an odd numbered section is now even, and vice versa, so now I have to double check again to make sure all is correct. Again, why duplicate an effort that the printers do as part of their service?
I’m with Robin on this. Why waste my time?
But we still have clients who insist on it, especially government agencies. It’s just added stress on the final day.
Normally I don’t bother, but I do have one client that handles their own printing in-house. Being a highly valued client instead of a reprographics vendor means that I spend some quality time using Bluebeam to add the appropriate blank pages.
Robin.
I don’t add the blank page until the specification section is finished and I know I won’t be opening that file again. It probably takes me no more than 10 seconds to add the blank page and discontinue the footer. I doubt that I have had to modify more than one section per project after I thought the section was completed. Since most Project Manuals that I prepare are seldom printed, when they are printed, it is usually by a company that is inexperienced in adding the blank page.