Flashing doc headers and footers

  • Thread starter Iain Hunneybell
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Iain Hunneybell

I have a couple of documents in Word 2003 on WinXP SP1
where the document headers and footers 'flash' - that is
the jump wider-narrower-wider-narrower continuously. Not
only does the onscreen text 'jump' but the right hand
margin and table within the header/footer used for
formatting the text layout within each. This happens only
on the right-hand margin. The left is fine.

Attempts to define table widths - through the Table
Properties only as it's not possible to grab the right
hand margin from the ruler as it is busily jumping left
and then right - fail.

I can't see a Word upgrade to fix this. The document seems
to print okay but it's difficult to work with the document
with the header 'flashing' (jumping left and right) like
this.

Thanks.../Iain
 
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Iain hunneybell

I should add that I'm running Word 2003 v 11.6113.5703
runnig on Win XP Pro 'Version 2002' SP1

..../Iain
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I gather that you have a table in the header/footer. In the Table
Properties, Table tab, click Options and disable "Automatically resize to
fit content."
 
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Iain Hunneybell

Great suggestion and one I'd not have thought of :)

But...having done as you suggest my table still keeps
resizing :-(

..../Iain
 
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