Re: Corrupt footer (page number)

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A likely possibility, though not in my case, as I have never used Insert |
Page Numbers (I didn't even know the command existed till my then
high-school-age daughter pointed it out to me <g>).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Mike" <mikewho@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ex08zNlWFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I don't have this document any more to work with, but a couple other
> thoughts came to mind. Often when I see this problem there's a frame
> involved; sometimes, not always, I can select and delete the frame.
> Sometimes the document crashes when I do this. I'm thinking, but am not
> sure, that inserted page numbers (which puts page numbers in a frame) are
> somehow involved.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ud1AQ40VFHA.1044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > FWIW, the only time I had this problem was in a much earlier version of
> Word
> > (possibly Word 97) and was corrected by a service pack. ISTR that one of
> the
> > things that was related (heaven only knows how) was saving a preview
> picture
> > with the document (which is a bad idea, anyway, since it pointlessly
> > balloons the file size).
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Mike" <mikewho@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:%23PN0DQ0VFHA.1508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > This works, but the issue is we use a document management system - and
> > > saving documents locally tends to mess things up (not the document,
but
> > the
> > > document numbering). While the problem varies somewhat, it's always
in
> > the
> > > footer, and it's always something that cannot be deleted. Saving as
> HTML
> > > has (thus far) always worked, and the problem is intermitent, so I'm
not
> > > worried that this solution won't work, but I was looking for other
> things
> > I
> > > might try.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:%23Aen%23xzVFHA.584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > The advice you were given (perhaps by
> > > > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm?) is good. If the
> > > > document is corrupt, you need to do something to get rid of the
> > > corruption.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > > Words into Type
> > > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > newsgroup
> > > so
> > > > all may benefit.
> > > >
> > > > "Mike" <mikewho@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > > news:ezys0kzVFHA.548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > I sometimes have documents where the footer cannot be edited - as
if
> > the
> > > > > text is locked. When I display codes I'll sometimes see part of a
> > page
> > > > > code - {PAGE - without the closing bracket. These codes cannot be
> > > > deleted -
> > > > > even if I select the entire footer. Also, it's just the footer
> that's
> > > the
> > > > > problem - the header is fine. I've tried removing any section
> breaks
> > > (if
> > > > > they exist). The only solution - which I don't like since it
means
> > > > creating
> > > > > a new document - is to save the file as a HTML document, reopen,
> then
> > > > resave
> > > > > it as a Word document.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions or ideas for fixing this problematic footers?
TIA,
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

.

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