Sounds like a corrupt document. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
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"ArtF" wrote in message
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Folks
I have a large document template that I have lost the footer text box
in. I lost the whole box not just the contents. I am working with
Word 2000 so there is no view whitespace option to try. If I go to
view header and footer and select the switch icon it sends me to the
bottom of the page but there is no text box, if I do put text in at
this point it appears in the header. At this point I am pulling my
hair out, I can't even figure out how to delete the footer text box to
test putting one back let alone fix the document. Any and all help
appreciated.