Why is the header/footer sometimes missing?

Hi,

I have Word 2003.

I have two documents that I've inserted the same header/footer. On one, I
can't see either the header/footer at all. But when I look at print preview,
I see the header/footer perfectly (and it prints that way). The
header/footer is the same on each page.

But on another document, I can see it just fine using the Normal view.

Any idea what causes this change? It's driving me crazy.

Thanks.

Daiya
Wed Feb 09 17:22:35 CST 2005

See here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

Please do not confuse the regular view (like what a page looks like) with
what Word calls Normal View. That is a technical term hereabouts, and it
will lead to confusion. You meant Page Layout View, I assume (because Normal
View never shows header/footers).


On 2/9/05 3:15 PM, "No Spam Please" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have Word 2003.
>
> I have two documents that I've inserted the same header/footer. On one, I
> can't see either the header/footer at all. But when I look at print preview,
> I see the header/footer perfectly (and it prints that way). The
> header/footer is the same on each page.
>
> But on another document, I can see it just fine using the Normal view.
>
> Any idea what causes this change? It's driving me crazy.
>
> Thanks.

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Suzanne
Wed Feb 09 17:23:11 CST 2005

The header and footer are never visible in Normal view, only in Print Layout
view (and sometimes not then; see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm).

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"No Spam Please" <nospam@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72390EF8-824A-44E1-9D6E-3CABD2BEFC2E@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have Word 2003.
>
> I have two documents that I've inserted the same header/footer. On one, I
> can't see either the header/footer at all. But when I look at print
preview,
> I see the header/footer perfectly (and it prints that way). The
> header/footer is the same on each page.
>
> But on another document, I can see it just fine using the Normal view.
>
> Any idea what causes this change? It's driving me crazy.
>
> Thanks.

nospam
Wed Feb 09 17:37:05 CST 2005

Thanks for the reply and link.

Unfortunately, I still have a problem.

On the document that's NOT showing either the header/footer, when I go to
"Tools, Options" the option that reads, "White space between pages (Print
View only)" is actually MUTED so I can't select/deselect it.

I assume there's something odd with this document. Can anybody help? Thanks.

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

> See here:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm
>
> Please do not confuse the regular view (like what a page looks like) with
> what Word calls Normal View. That is a technical term hereabouts, and it
> will lead to confusion. You meant Page Layout View, I assume (because Normal
> View never shows header/footers).
>
>
> On 2/9/05 3:15 PM, "No Spam Please" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have Word 2003.
> >
> > I have two documents that I've inserted the same header/footer. On one, I
> > can't see either the header/footer at all. But when I look at print preview,
> > I see the header/footer perfectly (and it prints that way). The
> > header/footer is the same on each page.
> >
> > But on another document, I can see it just fine using the Normal view.
> >
> > Any idea what causes this change? It's driving me crazy.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> --
> Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
> Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
> MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/>
> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>
>

Charles
Wed Feb 09 18:36:27 CST 2005

Chances are, you are in _normal_ view rather than print view. White space as
well as headers/footers won't show up there! Normal view should probably be
called _draft_ or _fast_ view because there's nothing particularly normal
about it. It is probably the original (Word 2.0) view.
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"No Spam Please" <nospam@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAD6CA57-5BCC-45B1-92EF-CDC539806480@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply and link.
>
> Unfortunately, I still have a problem.
>
> On the document that's NOT showing either the header/footer, when I go to
> "Tools, Options" the option that reads, "White space between pages (Print
> View only)" is actually MUTED so I can't select/deselect it.
>
> I assume there's something odd with this document. Can anybody help?
> Thanks.
>
> "Daiya Mitchell" wrote:
>
>> See here:
>>
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm
>>
>> Please do not confuse the regular view (like what a page looks like) with
>> what Word calls Normal View. That is a technical term hereabouts, and it
>> will lead to confusion. You meant Page Layout View, I assume (because
>> Normal
>> View never shows header/footers).
>>
>>
>> On 2/9/05 3:15 PM, "No Spam Please" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have Word 2003.
>> >
>> > I have two documents that I've inserted the same header/footer. On
>> > one, I
>> > can't see either the header/footer at all. But when I look at print
>> > preview,
>> > I see the header/footer perfectly (and it prints that way). The
>> > header/footer is the same on each page.
>> >
>> > But on another document, I can see it just fine using the Normal view.
>> >
>> > Any idea what causes this change? It's driving me crazy.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
>> Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>> MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/>
>> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>
>>

Daiya
Wed Feb 09 19:20:41 CST 2005

On 2/9/05 4:36 PM, "Charles Kenyon" wrote:

> Chances are, you are in _normal_ view rather than print view. White space as
> well as headers/footers won't show up there! Normal view should probably be
> called _draft_ or _fast_ view because there's nothing particularly normal
> about it. It is probably the original (Word 2.0) view.

It is what is "normal" to Word. Very representative of how Word "thinks."

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