Sorry, yes, I should have mentioned that possibility as well (though it's
less probable). I'm guessing that some style other than Footer got applied
to the footer paragraph.

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"Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message
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Thanks for the advice.

Although I didn't find a second paragraph mark in the footer I did notice
something odd about the size of the footer. Consequently I discovered that
somehow the spacing after the footer text was set to 30 pts. A quick visit
to Format, Paragraph, solved the problem!

Something else for me to remember for the future!

Noel

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I would guess that some copying and pasting went on here. Word is very
bad
about adding empty paragraphs in headers and footers when you do that.
Display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the
Show/Hide
¶ button on the Standard toolbar) and you will probably see more than
one
paragraph mark (¶). Delete all but one, and your footer should be back
to
normal size.

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"Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message
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I have written a document with a different front page footer so that
the
numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page.

What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much
higher
than those on subsequent pages.

Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer?

Noel