Unfortunately, in Word 2002 and 2003, you cannot entirely eliminate a
header/footer. If it has ever contained content, an empty paragraph will
remain. The only way to regain the header/footer space (for labels, for
example) is to set the header/footer margin to 0". This is why we discourage
people from ever adding header or footer text to Normal.dot.

For the answer to your second question, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"teresa" wrote in message
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How do I delete all traces of headers and/or footers? Nothing seems to
respond. They won't go away and I do not want to dump my document and
start
again. Also, is there any way to reveal codes like formatting, spaces,
indents etc? Thanks, T