How do I stop a new document opening up in header and footer mode

[Glynis]

All of a sudden, every time I open a new document in Word it comes up ready
to edit in the header section - i.e. in the very top margin outside of the
text typing area. I have to hit Control-View-Header and Footer then do it
again to get me out of it. I have made sure the normal.dot template is not
set that way. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Are you sure you are in the header?

Could it be the you accidentally clicked the space between two pages so that
the setting "White space between pages" has been turned off. See:
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

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Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Jay Freedman]

All of a sudden, every time I open a new document in Word it comes up ready
to edit in the header section - i.e. in the very top margin outside of the
text typing area. I have to hit Control-View-Header and Footer then do it
again to get me out of it. I have made sure the normal.dot template is not
set that way. Anyone else have this problem?

It isn't really in the header area to start with; it's just that you've
unintentionally turned on a feature that hides the headers, footers, and spaces
between pages to make it easier to read a multipage document.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm for illustrated
instructions.

 

[Tony Jollans]

You are not ready to edit the header at all; View > Header takes you there.

Select Tools > Options > View tab and check the box for "white space between
pages"