removing headers

[conniemac]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Power PC I have followed all of the directions to get rid of a header I never put on, but nothing works. It says 'click on the header', but my cursor will not click on the header. How do I get rid of this?

 

[CyberTaz]

*What* says 'click on the header'? To get into the Header/Footer layer
directly requires a double-click. Alternatively you can use the menu to
access it if you go to View> Header & Footer.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[conniemac]

*What* says 'click on the header'? To get into the Header/Footer layer

> directly requires a double-click. Alternatively you can use the menu to
> access it if you go to View> Header & Footer.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>Thanks so much for your reply.

 The help menu says 'click on the header'. I also tried doubleclicking and went to view and hit 'header & footer, but the header continued. I finally went back in and deleted the section break and for some reason that eliminated the worst of the problem. There is still a header line there, but at least it is not inches deep into the document.
Help says to click - if I double click on the header, wouldn't the cursor have to move to that position in order for me to delete the header?

 

[CyberTaz]

Well, not to nit-pick, but this is copied directly from Word 2008 Help on
the topic: "Add or delete a header or footer
Do any of the following:

Add a header or footer

Delete a header or footer
On the View menu, click Print Layout.
On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
In the document, select the header or footer text or graphics that you want
to remove.
On the Edit menu, click Select All.
Press DELETE.
To return to your document, click [Close]".

The Help for "Edit or format a Header or Footer" reads the same way:

"On the _View menu_ click Header and Footer". Nowhere do I see the
instruction "click on the header". If you can let me know exactly what Help
Page this is on I'll be more than happy to report it to MacBU.

What you didn't mention is that fact that there are Section Breaks in the
document. Each section has its own set of Headers & Footers, so in order to
edit or delete them you have to navigate to the H/F of that section ‹ or
delete the section break. Deleting the break does eliminate the H/Fs for
that section but can also have other effects on the document depending on
how that section was used. IOW, if you're in Sec1 & select Header and Footer
from the View menu you go to the Header/Footer for that section, whereas if
you're in Sec3 & do the same thing you go to the Sec3 H/F.

The line you're referring to is probably a Paragraph Border. To remove it;

1- Turn on the non-printing characters (¶),
2- Double-click where the line appears (or a little above it),
3- With your insertion point in that empty Header paragraph go to Format>
Borders & Shading,
4- On the Borders page click the 'None' preset.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac