# Compiled document is cutoff

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compiled-document-is-cutoff/140056>\
**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** bug, compile\
**Created:** [April 6, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compiled-document-is-cutoff/140056 "2024-04-06T19:26:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mipadi](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mipadi/32/32043_2.png) [@mipadi](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/mipadi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compiled-document-is-cutoff/140056/1 "2024-04-06T19:26:54Z")

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Sometimes when I compile a document, it is cut off: the last several paragraphs of the manuscript are not compiled into the document. This often happens on particular long documents, ones that are 350+ pages long.

I am using a somewhat old Mac to compile documents, so that might be an issue, but I don’t get any warnings or crashes. The document compilation step finishes apparently without issue, but the end of the document is missing.

The problem is not consistent: sometimes I can get the same document to compile fully after a few tries.

I am using the latest version of Scrivener, 3.3.6, on macOS 11.

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**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compiled-document-is-cutoff/140056/2 "2024-04-06T19:55:59Z")

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Firstly, when searching for issues of (presumably) compiling to PDF and missing content, this thread pops up, with [some advice I gave that solved the problem](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/last-page-missing-in-compile/127184/26) (the latter half of that is how to scramble your text to send a sample copy to support, which can be ignored). So I would try that, as this may just be the same thing.

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**Author:** ![mipadi](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mipadi/32/32043_2.png) [@mipadi](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/mipadi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compiled-document-is-cutoff/140056/3 "2024-04-06T20:23:11Z")

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Thank you! It could be an issue with widow/orphan control, so I will try toggling that and see if the problem is fixed, and if so I will send a copy of the text along.