Word imposes a green border on a table in header and footer

[Sylvania]

My document contains a header and footer, each of which I
have formatted by including a 2 column table. When I set
this up, I set the table to have a black border at the
bottom only. The problem is that *every time* the
document is opened or print preview is accessed, Word
makes the header and footer table border green. I have
tried removing the border altogether and saving the
document, but Word still imposes this green border every
time the document is opened or previewed.
This problem has been quite costly, because it is a large
document, and when this happens the print shop charges
colour rates for all pages (90) instead of only the pages
that *should* have colour (10). So a $12 print job ends
up costing almost $100.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there a way
to fix it without having to manually change the border
every time (which is error prone)?

Thank you very much!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Sylvia,

If you have only one header and footer, that's the problem. In Word,
in order to make any change in the header/footer from one page to the
next -- including changing just the color of a border -- you must (a)
insert a section break between the pages where the change occurs, (b)
remove the Same As Previous attribute from the header/footer of the
second section, and (c) make the change in the second section.

If there is only one section, or if Same As Previous is still in
effect, the header/footer will be the same on all pages.

The article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm
discusses this issue as regards page numbering, but the principles are
the same for color changes.

 

[Sylvania]

Thank you for replying so quickly. I will try your
suggestions.