Depending on *why* you have to change the header on every page, you might be
able to avoid it. If the changes reflect any text that is on the page
itself, you can pick that up with a StyleRef field. But I would guess that
the crash has corrupted your doc. If you're using Word 2003 (or 2002?), use
the Open and Repair option. Otherwise, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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In this group Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote in message

Do you have nonprinting characters (including Hidden text) displayed?

(Sorry for the delay in replying)

You mean if I checked 'Hidden text' in Tools | Options | View ?

Yes, I tried that, and that didn't make any difference.

I forgot to mention in my OP, that Word crashed on me just after I opened
the document.

I'm almost certain that this trouble with the footnotes has got something
to
do with the document sections. I think you have mentioned here that you
generally avoided using sections, and you're right, they're a bitch, but
there is no other way to change the headers for every new page, like I
have
to do in this document.