Re: MS Word Office 365 Disappearing Header on Windows 10

[kafkascampi <kafkascampi -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Try the Different First Page check box. That, section breaks, and
Different Odd and Even settings can be a struggle.

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 8:01 AM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>
>
> --
> Lin Sims
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