Why is header and footer insert autotext grayed out?

[Guest]

When I open a new document the cursor is always at the very top of the page,
no margin shows. This is not how it was when I first installed it, if you had
a margin of 1" the cursor showed 1" down from the top of the page. Once I
open a new document and then view headers and footers the margin comes back,
although the option of inseting autotext in the header bar is grayed out and
I can no longer select an automated function, like insert page of page. Any
help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See http://www.gmayor.com/white_space.htm
The autotext function on the header toolbar requires that there is an
autotext entry actually available in the paragraph style of the
header/footer. Any other failings of commands may infer a more serious
issue like a corrupt normal.dot template (rename it) or a minor registry
corruption - see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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