Scenario in new  blank Ppnt 07 presentation:
Insert tab, Header & Footer, Notes & Handouts tab - I enter some text for
the header and footer, select the date format etc.
I then go to the Handout master and edit the header and/or footer text
directly in the placeholders. When I check the results in Print Preview, the
edited text has come through OK.
I then go to the Note master and edit the header and/or footer text directly
in the placeholders. The results in Print Preview (and the actual printed
copy) start to become inconsistent at this point - for example, the preview
sometimes shows the original header/footer after editing the master and EVEN
after switching off the header/ footer placeholder in the master!

Question: is it best to avoid editing text in the Master placeholders, and
use only the Header & Footer dialog box instead, and just use the master
placeholders for FORMATTING text?
Question: Is the confusion arising because the Header & Footer d.box has a
joint 'Notes and Handouts' tab, but a separate Notes master and Handouts
master?
Question: If anyone has time to 'have a play' with this and let me know if
they too get inconsistent results I would be very grateful to hear of it. I
am preparing some instructions on the most reliable way to create, edit and
format header and footer text in the Notes Master and the Handout Master.
Thanks!