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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / December 2003disappearing footer in word 2002
I'm editing a long Word doc created and edited several times by other people in my office. When I view it on my machine it has an entirely different header and is missing the footer that other people see (which included page numbering). When I try to edit the footer (view headers/footers, click on 'switch between header and footer') I can't, it simply won't create or display a footer on any page. Attempting to insert page numbers from the Insert menu also fails. I get no messages or warnings, it just doesn't work. I'm working in Word 2002, and have opened the document both off the network and have had it emailed directly to me from a single computer. How can I tell if the headers/footers are the only thing wrong without having someone print out this 51-page document and comparing it to what I have by hand? Anyone experienced anything like this? Help? thanks Hi, Is the document locked or protected for forms? Are you using the same printer driver as the others? (Not the same printer, the same driver file, generally a product of which operating system you are using) I take it that you can edit the header. Try scrolling down when in the header. You should be able to see the footer this way. BTW: Never use Insert => Page Number. Put page numbers in using the header/footer toolbar.  SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) <URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm> See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > I'm editing a long Word doc created and edited several times by other > people in my office. When I view it on my machine it has an entirely [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Anyone experienced anything like this? Help? > thanks Charles, thanks for your help. I'm using Windows 2000 and Word 2002, but the last person who modified the document uses Windows XP. The person before that is across the country, I'm not sure if she uses 2000 or XP. So we could have different setups. There are no forms or subdocuments in the doc, and it does not appear to be locked. Is there a way to tell for sure? It could have been created from a master document, which is a can of worms I haven't opened. I'll have to wait until next week to ask the creator. I tried scrolling down while editing the header, but that just keeps jumping me to the header on the next page. All normal ways of getting to the footer are disabled. I've never seen anything like this. pam > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Anyone experienced anything like this? Help? > > thanks I suspect a corrupt document. One way of corrupting a document is to send it as an email attachment (without first zipping it). This doesn't usually happen, but can. Check on the MVP FAQ for info on dealing with document corruption. You can tell if a document is protected for forms by attempting to view the headers and footers. That you can edit the headers tells me this is not the case. Also check under your Tools menu and see if the command to Protect Document is there; if it is, the document isn't protected. SignatureCharles Kenyon See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Charles, > thanks for your help. I'm using Windows 2000 and Word 2002, but the [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > > Anyone experienced anything like this? Help? > > > thanks
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