Re: MS Word Office 365 Disappearing Header on Windows 10

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Then I don't know. I'd have to see the document itself to get even a clue,
and I admit to being decent with Word but not anything like an expert.

I would suggest you try the Word-PC list. WORD-PC -at- liverpool -dot- ac -dot- uk

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:42 AM Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Happens on page 1.
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:38 AM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > Then I suspect you've somehow added a new section and that the header is
> not linked to previous.
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:32 AM Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:30 AM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Does it come back when you click into the body of the document?
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible that instead of simply editing a header, you've
> accidentally added a new section and told Word to use a new header for that
> section?
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:10 AM Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm baffled. Maybe someone here knows how to get around this
> behavior.
> >> >>
> >> >> A 20 page Word .docx file has a nice header in it with things like
> the
> >> >> company name, the title of the doc, page number field, version
> number,
> >> >> etc. This header is perhaps 1.25 inches (height) of content below
> >> >> maybe 0.25" of blank space to get into the print area.
> >> >>
> >> >> I work with docs like this one all the time, and when doing something
> >> >> to one, I need to increment the version number and maybe change some
> >> >> other formatted text content item. So, I double-click anywhere in the
> >> >> header, and that gets me into the header. Usually, I can simply edit
> >> >> whatever I want in there in the exact same way that I would edit
> >> >> things in the body of the document. However, when I double-click into
> >> >> this header, ALL of the visible content vanishes. I mean it goes away
> >> >> as though it had never been there.
> >> >>
> >> >> A colleague and I are scratching our heads over this. Google has left
> >> >> us unsatisfied.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thoughts?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >>
> >> >> Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lin Sims
>


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