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Well, that was the reason given at the time for the change in the feature,
and yes, in WFW2.0 headers and footers appeared non-greyed and could
be edited without having to change the view. 2.0 was my first Windows
WP program, and I remember being really ticked off when 6.0 came out
that I suddenly had to change the view to edit or in some cases even be
able to clearly read my headers (I don't see grey very well when it's on a
white background on a monitor, my eyes aged faster than most of the rest
of me).
> Are you sure? My useage of MS Word may be involantary, but it goes back
> to version 2.0, and I don't recall ever being able to edit headers and
> footers directly.
>
> However, even if I'm wrong, MS Word couldn't have changed the function
> because of a patent restriction. I can think of at least four or five
> word processors that have direct editing of headers and footers. The
> feature is far too widespread to be patentable
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