Microsoft KB Archive/26427

Word: Blank Header/Footer Can’t Be Removed PSS ID Number: Q26427 Article last modified on 03-04-1993 PSS database name: M_WorD

3.00 3.01 3.02

MACINTOSH

Summary:

If a header or footer is deleted from a Microsoft Word versions 3.x document or if text is pasted from another document that includes a section break that once had a header or footer associated with it, Word reserves a place on each page for the header or footer even though the actual header or footer text no longer exists.

For example, if the top and bottom margins in a document are set to 0 (zero) and the document is viewed in Page Preview with the margins icon selected to view the margins, Word still displays the dotted box that usually appears around a header or footer. This box pushes the text away from the edge of the page as if the header or footer still existed.

More Information:

If a document ever had headers or footers specified, that information is retained whether or not the headers or footers still physically exist. For example, in a document with a header, a dotted box appears (when you look in Page Preview and click the margins icon) around the header or footer text to allow its adjustment on the page. However, if that header or footer is deleted, the dotted box still appears in Page Preview.

To eliminate references that a header or footer ever existed, copy the entire document and paste it into a new document.

Do the following to specify 0 (zero) as the top and bottom margins:


 * 1) Type 0 (zero) for the appropriate margins settings in the Page Setup dialog box.
 * 2) Click the margins icon in Page Preview.
 * 3) In Page Preview, move the dotted line as close to the edge of the page as possible.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 3.00, 3.01, and 3.02. This problem was corrected in Word version 4.00.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.