New document always opens in Header

[Zombiwoman]

I am using MS Office 2003 with Windows XP. At some point Word began to open
ALL new (blank) documents with the cursor in the header. To get out of it, I
must go to View Header and then immediately close the Header.

I tried trashing the Normal template (to get it to generate a new one), and
have searched and can find nothing that addresses this in Help or elsewhere.

This is making me crazy!
Help?
Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's not really opening with the insertion point in the header, though it
may appear that way. See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

 

[Zombiwoman]

Thank you for the input, but the "Hide the White Space" option is NOT checked
(never has been)- I see the white space/headers etc. I was initially
hopeful this was it, since I *am* using the Print Layout View. Rats!

The cursor actually IS in the header instead of the body, although just
opening and closing the header pops it into the body.

Kat

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

We had another user who reported this same problem, and I don't recall
whether it was resolved, but the consensus seemed to be that there must be
an AutoNew macro doing this (possibly the effect of a poorly written
add-in).