Well, thanks for your honesty, anyway! One more possibility to add to our
arsenal of "Have you tried this?" answers. g

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"Mike U" wrote in message
...
Actually, the problem is that I am an idiot!! I'm using a an LCD monitor
and
it suddenly occurred to me that I may have the contrast out of whack. I
just
switched it back to Auto and guess what appeared?? I beg forgiveness from
all
of you who tried to help me. (I'm also pleased I fixed it!!)


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Obviously, it's "possible" since you're experiencing it (unless you're
making this up just to be difficult g) My guess would be that the
document
is damaged; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm for
some
suggestions.

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"Mike U" wrote in message
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Absolutely, the first thing I checked! Another part of the same
problem is
that when I open the header, the rest of the text in the main document
does
not appear, even if I select it "on" in the H&F toolbar. However, if
there
are any spelling or grammar erros, the red and greem underscores do
show
up.
Its like the text is turning white instead of grey. Is this possible??

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you sure you're in Print Layout view and not Normal or Web
Layout?

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"Mike U" wrote in message
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I am using Word 2000 SP3. I can't see headers and footers in Page
Layout
view. They are there in Print Preview and they print out OK. What
am I
doing
wrong??
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Many thanks

Mike U