Likely, Tools-->Options, View tab, and check "White space between pages".
You're not really in the header; you're just not viewing the header.
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"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> for some reason, lately when I open a new (blank) document in Word, it
> places the cursor in the header box instead of below the header. How can
> I
> change this back to the normal setting? Restoring the default setting
> from
> Page Setup isn't working. Thanks,
>
> Chris