Header and Footer always hidden in MS Word 2003

Whenever I open MS Word and a new document, the header/footer is always
hidden from view.

I have modified the normal.dot so that the opening view is always "Print
layout" and have data in both the header and footer, so that a new/blank
document will always contain header and footer text.

When I open a new document, this is always hidden from view. When I select
the "View" menu option, it shows to be in "Print mode" (as I wanted it to),
however I have to select the "Header and Footer" option to reveal this in the
document.

No matter what I try to do, I have to repeat this everytime I open a new
word document - SO frustrating.....

I want the header and footer to always be visible when opening a new document.

Can anyone suggest what is wrong or what I need to do to correct ?

Hi John,

When scrolling the document as you pass the 'gap' between two pages if the cursor changes, double click there to have the
header/footer reappear or use the 'White space...' setting in Tools=>Options=>View

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<<"Piper John" <PiperJohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:14E0C25E-0EFA-4423-8E5A-2AA46E1D311F@microsoft.com...
Whenever I open MS Word and a new document, the header/footer is always
hidden from view.

I have modified the normal.dot so that the opening view is always "Print
layout" and have data in both the header and footer, so that a new/blank
document will always contain header and footer text.

When I open a new document, this is always hidden from view. When I select
the "View" menu option, it shows to be in "Print mode" (as I wanted it to),
however I have to select the "Header and Footer" option to reveal this in the
document.

No matter what I try to do, I have to repeat this everytime I open a new
word document - SO frustrating.....

I want the header and footer to always be visible when opening a new document.

Can anyone suggest what is wrong or what I need to do to correct ? >>
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Bob,

How simple was that !!

Thank you very much.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> When scrolling the document as you pass the 'gap' between two pages if the cursor changes, double click there to have the
> header/footer reappear or use the 'White space...' setting in Tools=>Options=>View
>
> =============
> <<"Piper John" <PiperJohn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:14E0C25E-0EFA-4423-8E5A-2AA46E1D311F@microsoft.com...
> Whenever I open MS Word and a new document, the header/footer is always
> hidden from view.
>
> I have modified the normal.dot so that the opening view is always "Print
> layout" and have data in both the header and footer, so that a new/blank
> document will always contain header and footer text.
>
> When I open a new document, this is always hidden from view. When I select
> the "View" menu option, it shows to be in "Print mode" (as I wanted it to),
> however I have to select the "Header and Footer" option to reveal this in the
> document.
>
> No matter what I try to do, I have to repeat this everytime I open a new
> word document - SO frustrating.....
>
> I want the header and footer to always be visible when opening a new document.
>
> Can anyone suggest what is wrong or what I need to do to correct ? >>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>

Very helpful, Thanks.