Can anyone else confirm this problem with header control

[mwarner]

I just upgraded to 10.4.4, and have been working on a doccument for
which I have not had any problems in controlling header labels in
different sections. I have to label the header for each section
slightly different from the one above it, and have done this with no
problems by inserting new sections as new pages and then unchoosing the
"same as previous" button on the header/footer tool bar. Now, the very
last section header is linked to the one before it and I cannot
de-select the "same as previous" option. If I click on this very last
header to edit it, the cursor immediately jumps to the next to last
section header. Can anyone else confirm this is happening to them, and
even better how the hell to make it stop?

Mark

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

This doesn't sound familiar....

My best first guess would be to try the corruption tricks on a COPY of the
document--each section break can actually get corrupted and it seems logical
a corrupt section might refuse you access to the header.

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DocumentCorruption.htm
(hit reload a few times in Safari, if that doesn't work, try Explorer)


By the way, it's not always necessary to use section breaks to get a
different header--e.g., if the header is the chapter title, a single
StyleRef field in the header can change to reflect the most recent text in
ChapterTitle style. Details in the "Beyond numbering" section at the end of
this page, or describe your header and there might be a trick to use.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm
(hit reload a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)

 

[PhilD]

I have to label the header for each section
slightly different from the one above it

Just in case you're wanting something very consistent but slightly
different on each page, such as page numbers, I assume you're aware
that Word can do this automatically without you creating a different
version for each page.

Even if you are aware, I include this for those that aren't!

PhilD

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

It is possible to "corrupt" a section break in a document. When you do
this, it can become "read-only" and thus ignore your attempts to update it.
All manner of strange effects are possible when this happens: including the
scenario you have where it appears that one section of the document has
become Protected (locked against editing). Look on Tools>Protect
document... For more information.

The "default" section break that stores all of the default properties for
the entire document is hidden beneath the last paragraph mark in the
document.

If you suspect document corruption, carefully select all except the last
paragraph mark in the document, copy, and paste into a new document. If the
problem goes away, that was it...

This process is known as "doing a Maggie" after Margaret Secara from the
Word PC-L mailing list.

I just upgraded to 10.4.4, and have been working on a doccument for
which I have not had any problems in controlling header labels in
different sections. I have to label the header for each section
slightly different from the one above it, and have done this with no
problems by inserting new sections as new pages and then unchoosing the
"same as previous" button on the header/footer tool bar. Now, the very
last section header is linked to the one before it and I cannot
de-select the "same as previous" option. If I click on this very last
header to edit it, the cursor immediately jumps to the next to last
section header. Can anyone else confirm this is happening to them, and
even better how the hell to make it stop?

Mark

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