Header/Footer Grayed Out in Normal Template

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Dave

Some how I have lost the ability to "Insert Autotext" in a header or footer
of a new doc. That option is grayed out for both.

Tried redoing normal.dot from an existing doc but didn't work. Actually, I
may have changed all existing formats by an injudicious (aka uneducated)
keystroke.

Anyway, really would like to get my header/foot autotext option back. Any
help would be appreciated.

Thx in advance.

Dave
 
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Charles Kenyon

Replacing normal.dot with another document is a recipe for disaster! Only
Word can make a normal.dot!


See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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Dave

Thank you Charles - Got my (very simple) normal.dot back, complete with
header/footer autotext entries. Should have mentioned this is Office 2003,
which, from day one, has had another trick.

On opening a new doc, the cursor starts out in the header. I have yet
figured out how to get it down into the body of the doc when a new doc is
selected. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thx again
Dave.
 
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Charles Kenyon

See here:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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