empty header disappears

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Heidi

We are using Word 2002 and have created our own normal.dot - it has been
working fine, except now when opening a word document, there is a return in
the header which causes the text to drop down by 0.7 cm.

If you go into Print Preview (or view the header/foooter and then close),
the header disappears and the text goes back to its original position.

We have tested this with the Word generic normal.dot and the header acts
this way also, except that the text stays in the same position. HELP.....
 
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Heidi

Suzanne, sorry I used the wrong terminology, we "customised" Normal.dot. We
have not added a header, a header with a return appears when we open
documents. As I said, when we go into Print Preview or go into the
Header/Footer area and then close, the paragraph marker in the header
disappears again, repositioning the text.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Since switching to Print Preview updates fields, I'm wondering if there's a
field of some sort in the header that's doing something odd. For example, a
{ PAGE } field that's gotten a paragraph break in it or something. See what
happens when you copy all but the last paragraph of the document and paste
it into a fresh document. Of course, if the problem is in Normal.dot, that
won't have any effect, but you might try this after starting Word with the
/a switch.
 
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