Headers

J

John Smith

Hi,

Can't get new documents to show header by default. Normal.dot opens with
header showing.
Headers show once selected by menu view - header & footer.
What have I "switched off"?

Thanks
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Are you in Normal view? If so, switch to Print Layout. If you're in Print
Layout view and don't see the header/footer area, hover your mouse over the
top of a page until the pointer changes to a double arrow and you see the
ScreenTip "Show White Space." Click the left mouse button.

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G

Greg Maxey

John,

I don't think you have switched anything off. I could be
wrong, but I think the only way to force the Header and
Footer to display on startup or a new document is to
record a macro of the steps to display the Header and
Footer Toolbar and put the code in a AutoNew and AutoExec
macro of your template. Something like:

'The following code will force the Header and Footer view
in new docs
If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
End If
If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or
ActiveWindow. _
ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Then
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView
End If
ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView =
wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
 
J

John Smith

And it works!

How do you guys know all this stuff?

Many many thanks for taking the trouble to reply.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

John, you should _not_ have a header or footer in normal.dot. Create a new
template that has the headers you want; save it and base your new documents
on that template.
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See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

He's not talking about header/footer text, just the "white space" where the
header and footer go.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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