how can I delete old custom headers in Excel?

[Guest]

A user at my company took over a computer previously used by someone else.
Excel contains a custom header containing the previous users name. She
accidentally sent a report with that header attached and is in a bit of
trouble with the boss. I'm trying to find the simplest way to remove the
custom header to avoid a repetition.

 

[Myrna Larson]

AFAIK, there's no way to do this.

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:11:03 -0800, "Steve at Guardsmark" <Steve at

 

[CLR]

To prevent an "accidental" re-occurance, you could change the font size to 1
and the font to Wingdings on that particular Custom Header.........at least
the old employee's name would not appear on printouts anymore..........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Jim Rech]

If I'm not mistaken the names that appear in the custom header/footer
dropdowns key off the workbook's author name under File, Properties. So if
you change it there the header/footers available in the drop down should
change too. However if you're currently using one of the old names you'd
have to change that manually through the dialog.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
in message |A user at my company took over a computer previously used by someone else.
| Excel contains a custom header containing the previous users name. She
| accidentally sent a report with that header attached and is in a bit of
| trouble with the boss. I'm trying to find the simplest way to remove the
| custom header to avoid a repetition.