I am using MS Office 2003 with Windows XP. At some point Word began to open
ALL new (blank) documents with the cursor in the header. To get out of it, I
must go to View Header and then immediately close the Header.

I tried trashing the Normal template (to get it to generate a new one), and
have searched and can find nothing that addresses this in Help or elsewhere.

This is making me crazy!
Help?
Thanks!

It's not really opening with the insertion point in the header, though it
may appear that way. See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Zombiwoman" wrote in message
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I am using MS Office 2003 with Windows XP. At some point Word began to
open
ALL new (blank) documents with the cursor in the header. To get out of
it, I
must go to View Header and then immediately close the Header.

I tried trashing the Normal template (to get it to generate a new one),
and
have searched and can find nothing that addresses this in Help or
elsewhere.

This is making me crazy!
Help?
Thanks!

Thank you for the input, but the "Hide the White Space" option is NOT checked
(never has been)- I see the white space/headers etc. I was initially
hopeful this was it, since I *am* using the Print Layout View. Rats!

The cursor actually IS in the header instead of the body, although just
opening and closing the header pops it into the body.

Kat

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's not really opening with the insertion point in the header, though it
may appear that way. See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Zombiwoman" wrote in message
...
I am using MS Office 2003 with Windows XP. At some point Word began to
open
ALL new (blank) documents with the cursor in the header. To get out of
it, I
must go to View Header and then immediately close the Header.

I tried trashing the Normal template (to get it to generate a new one),
and
have searched and can find nothing that addresses this in Help or
elsewhere.

This is making me crazy!
Help?
Thanks!

We had another user who reported this same problem, and I don't recall
whether it was resolved, but the consensus seemed to be that there must be
an AutoNew macro doing this (possibly the effect of a poorly written
add-in).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Zombiwoman" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the input, but the "Hide the White Space" option is NOT
checked
(never has been)- I see the white space/headers etc. I was initially
hopeful this was it, since I *am* using the Print Layout View. Rats!

The cursor actually IS in the header instead of the body, although just
opening and closing the header pops it into the body.

Kat

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's not really opening with the insertion point in the header, though
it
may appear that way. See
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Zombiwoman" wrote in message
...
I am using MS Office 2003 with Windows XP. At some point Word began
to
open
ALL new (blank) documents with the cursor in the header. To get out
of
it, I
must go to View Header and then immediately close the Header.

I tried trashing the Normal template (to get it to generate a new
one),
and
have searched and can find nothing that addresses this in Help or
elsewhere.

This is making me crazy!
Help?
Thanks!