Microsoft KB Archive/22759

Word: Headers and Footers Not Deleted in Version 3.00 PSS ID Number: Q22759 Article last modified on 03-04-1993 PSS database name: M_WorD

3.00

MACINTOSH

Summary:

In Microsoft Word version 3.00, if a header or footer is deleted, a message appears, asking “Save Empty Header?” or “Save Empty Footer?” If you clicked the No button upon initially closing the footer window, the original text will be left in the header or footer.

To delete a header or footer, do the following:


 * 1) From the Document menu, choose Open Header or Open Footer.
 * 2) Select all text in the header or footer and press the BACKSPACE or DELETE key.
 * 3) Close the header or footer.
 * 4) Click Yes to the “Save Empty Header?” or “Save Empty Footer?” message to verify that you want to save the empty footer.

Remember that clicking the No button signals Word that you do not want to save the newly erased version, so the footer still exists when you return to your document.

More Information:

This problem does not occur in versions later than Word 3.01 because these versions no longer prompt for a verification.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.