Get rid of annoying Header and Footer screen labels

[DCW]

So when I go to edit a footer, there is this aggravating blue screen label that tells me that I'm in the footer, but which I can't see through because it's not transparent. So I can't see how I'm editing my footer. How do I get rid of this annoying "feature?"

 

[Michel Bintener]

This can't be turned off, I'm afraid.

So when I go to edit a footer, there is this aggravating blue screen label
that tells me that I'm in the footer, but which I can't see through because
it's not transparent. So I can't see how I'm editing my footer. How do I get
rid of this annoying "feature?"

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Daiya Mitchell]

I don't like it either. However, it should not be hiding any text in
your footer--the label should only overlap with non-footer space. Scroll
up and down or page up and down to make the screen refresh and the line
should adjust to move out of your way.

You can:

Use Help | Send Feedback in the appropriate Office app to let MS count
your vote against it or tell them it is too slow to move.

Visit the suggestions website:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx

 

[CyberTaz]

.... unless you use the H/F layer for content - such as a graphic - that
extends outside the bounding boxes?;-)

 

[DCW]

I'm sorry. I don't understand that post.

Re the prior post, it does hide the text. There is a thin blue line that runs across the bottom of the page at the height of the top edge of the footer. At the far left edge, there are tabs above and below that line that extend into the text portions of the work area. Those tabs above the line refer to the header, and those below it refer to the footer. I can edit the header without interference because the tabs are at the bottom of the page, and, hence, not near where a header normally is found. However, the tabs that have no useful function as far as I can tell, protrude halfway into the 1 inch margin that I have as a footer.

It should be noted that this is a court document which must be formatted according to rather inflexible formatting rules. The Court wants a 1 inch margin, not a 2 inch margin, and it needs certain information in the footer, and that information has to be in 8 pt font, and it has to appear below the page number. So there really isn't much of a workaround choice.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Re the prior post, it does hide the text. There is a thin blue line
that runs across the bottom of the page at the height of the top edge
of the footer. At the far left edge, there are tabs above and below
that line that extend into the text portions of the work area.

Okay, something is glitching on your computer.

On my computer, there are two blue lines, and the Header label sits
*below* the upper blue line, out of the way of header text. The Footer
label sits *above* the lower blue line, out of the way of the footer
text below the blue line. See the screenshot here--
http://daiya.mvps.org/demo/footer.gif

Any way you can get a screenshot up of what you see? Sounds like you
only see one blue line, and both the Header and Footer tab are attached
to it?

Create a new document--do you still see the problem?

You are using a retail version of Word 2008?