header footer not showing when opening new document

[PWalker]

Hi, when i open a new document in word 2003, the header and footer dont
display. I need to go to 'view > header footer > close' for it to display.
Yes i am in print view, yes I have unticked "different odd and even", and
yes i have unticked "Different first page".

my cursor is always displayed at the very edge of the top margin when i open
new documents. Even pressing the 'default' after i have done a 'view >
header footer > close' .. does not retain the header /footer view when
opening up new documents, even if i save the changes to the normal.dot file.
Yes i have "prompt to save Normal template" ticked.

By the way, i had Acrobat 7 installed, which apparently messes up
associations with normal.dot... I have hence uninstalled Acrobat,
uninstalled Office 2003.. but i still got a problem with the header footer
not showing by default.

Any help most appreciated.
cheers, voirin

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See reply to your previous question posted only one hour ago.
Please do not multipost.