In Word 2002 and 2003 (and, it would appear, 2000 as well), if a
header/footer has ever contained text, it is impossible to remove the empty
paragraph. The only solution is to create a new document and paste the text
of the old document in without the final paragraph mark. This is why it is
inadvisable to add a header or footer to Normal.dot: even if removed, it
causes alignment problems with labels. Another workaround in this case is to
change the header margin to 0".

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"pmflanders" wrote in message
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I am trying to remove a hard page return from the header in a Word 2000
document. The text has been removed from the header, but a hard return
remains in the header, which causes the first line of text to drop on each
page.

I am not able to just change the margins because this is a legal document.
Any suggestion on how to completely remove the header would be
appreciated.

Thanks