From your description, you've done everything right, so the likelihood is
that the document is corrupt. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Samantha" wrote in message
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This may be a crazy question, but I can't get my header and footer to show
up. I have gone to the View menu and selected Header/Footer and still
don't
get anything. I have checked to make sure the White Space between pages
shows up. Can anyone help?