Page numbering is Gray on insert page numebr

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jeff

How do I get the page number not to show up in gray when
adding / inserting a page number to a document? It
prints out ok. I can open the document find from other
locations / pcs. I have reinstalled the office
application and have deleted my normal.dot file and still
come up the same way. Please help. Thanks jeff
 
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Jay Freedman

Hi, Jeff,

That's just the way Word works. When the main body of the document is
active, the headers and footers are gray. When the header or footer is
active, the main body is gray. As you noted, this doesn't affect the way the
document prints.

If you want to see a reasonably accurate picture of the page, use Print
Preview. Although it's possible to edit in that view, I wouldn't recommend
it -- just pop in and out of it for a quick check.
 
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Stefan Blom

If you mean that your page numbers has a gray background
then there is actually something you can do, namely, set
field shading to "Never" on the View tab of the
Tools>Options dialog box.

Stefan Blom
 
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