How do I TOTALLY delete a header, not just its text?

It worked. Thanks Jay I really appreciate it ! You would think the
program wouid give you the option to either turn Headings/Footers on or off...
Thanks again !

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

It's possible that your program's behavior isn't related to the header and
footer at all. Go to the Page Layout tab and click the tiny arrow button in the
title of the Page Setup group to open the dialog. Click the Layout tab. If the
Vertical alignment dropdown is set to Center, that could be the cause -- set it
to Top and click the Default button at the bottom of the dialog.

While you're in that dialog, also check the Margins tab to see what the top and
bottom margins are set to.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:34:01 -0700, jg1497
wrote:

I tried your suggestion below and it didn't work. Maybe my prob is
different: Whenever I create a new Word '07 Doc my header takes up half the
page and my footer a good portion of the bottom, so by default my cursor
shows up mid-way down the page. I don't want any Header or Footer. How do I
create a new Doc without either?
p.s. I've searched the entire program and cannot find a way to do this !

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

If the headers are empty, then you can go to Page Setup and set the Header
(and Footer) margins to zero. But note that once an H or F3 has been created
in a document, they will always be occupied by an empty paragraph: you can
minimise its affect by selecting it and setting the font size to 1 pt and
making sure that the Paragraph formatting has no space before, space after
or line spacing set up.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Bruce Alan" Bruce wrote in message
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"YHUMC" wrote:

In Microsoft Word I can find information about modifying headers and
footers,
or changing or deleting the text WITHIN headers and footers, but how do I
delete the header completely?

Thanks Jay - it worked !

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

It's possible that your program's behavior isn't related to the header and
footer at all. Go to the Page Layout tab and click the tiny arrow button in the
title of the Page Setup group to open the dialog. Click the Layout tab. If the
Vertical alignment dropdown is set to Center, that could be the cause -- set it
to Top and click the Default button at the bottom of the dialog.

While you're in that dialog, also check the Margins tab to see what the top and
bottom margins are set to.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:34:01 -0700, jg1497
wrote:

I tried your suggestion below and it didn't work. Maybe my prob is
different: Whenever I create a new Word '07 Doc my header takes up half the
page and my footer a good portion of the bottom, so by default my cursor
shows up mid-way down the page. I don't want any Header or Footer. How do I
create a new Doc without either?
p.s. I've searched the entire program and cannot find a way to do this !

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

If the headers are empty, then you can go to Page Setup and set the Header
(and Footer) margins to zero. But note that once an H or F3 has been created
in a document, they will always be occupied by an empty paragraph: you can
minimise its affect by selecting it and setting the font size to 1 pt and
making sure that the Paragraph formatting has no space before, space after
or line spacing set up.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Bruce Alan" Bruce wrote in message
...


"YHUMC" wrote:

In Microsoft Word I can find information about modifying headers and
footers,
or changing or deleting the text WITHIN headers and footers, but how do I
delete the header completely?