Select all but not headers and footers

[CJ]

In our previous version of Word, when we performed Select All it would not
select headers and footers, but only the main body of the document.

Now in Word 2003, Select All selects the main body of the document and the
headers and footers. Does anyone know how to go about putting it back to the
way it worked before?

 

[Stefan Blom]

If the insertion point is in the main body of the document, Select All will
only select the contents of the main body (the result for headers, footers,
and text boxes is analogous). This behavior hasn't changed between versions;
it is still the same in Word 2007.

Are you sure that headers and footers are being displayed? If you are in
Print Preview, and Select All (or Ctrl+A) still seems to select everything,
see this article: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm.

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[CJ]

I've hidden the white space, and when I Select All, it's still selecting
headers and footers also. I am in the main body of the document. I'm still
not interpreting correctly the information in the shortcut you supplied.
This is affecting everyone on our network.

Any other suggestions? Thank you!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Can you reproduce this issue in a new document?

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[CJ]

Yes, it's firm-wide, affecting everyone.

Can you reproduce this issue in a new document?

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[Stefan Blom]

Are you all using the same template (located, say, in the work group
templates folder)? If so, this is likely to be a case of template
corruption.

It might be worth deleting the Normal template for one user (with Word
closed), and then restart Word; a new Normal template with the factory
defaults will be created. Does that help at all?

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[CJ]

Stefan, I did exactly that with my normal.dot, and the situation remained.
Everyone is pointing to their c:....normal.dot. We use iManage as our
document manager, and we have Windows 2003 upgrade, not full installation.

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you are sure that nothing is wrong with the document management
application, then I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. :-(

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Microsoft Word MVP


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[CJ]

I asked our IT team this morning about that, and we disabled the document
management system from my computer and it still persists. I guess now the
only thing we can do is go directly to Microsoft. Thanks for your patient
help.