Microsoft KB Archive/51381

Worksheet Data Overwritten by Footer/Header in Excel Last reviewed: October 31, 1994 Article ID: Q51381

The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 3.0, 4.0 Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 2.21, and 3.0 SUMMARY In Microsoft Excel, if the top and bottom margins for a document are set to less than .75 inch, the header and footer of the document may overwrite data within the document itself. MORE INFORMATION Excel uses a fixed location to print the header and footer lines regardless of the current top and bottom margin values. When the top and bottom margins are set to values between 0 and .75 inch, then lines of the worksheet will be overwritten. The workaround at this time is to reset the top and bottom margins to values larger than .75 inch or choose File Page Setup and delete the header and footer lines. NOTE: This problem does not occur in later versions of Microsoft Excel.

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.10 3.00 4.00 Last reviewed: October 31, 1994 © 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.