WD: How to Display the Header in Normal View Using Split ScreenLast reviewed: February 5, 1998Article ID: Q142498 |
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SUMMARYIn Word for Windows 2.x, if you are in Normal view and you choose Header/Footer from the View menu, you are prompted with a dialog box. Once you specify header or footer, Word displays the header or footer pane in a split screen. In Word 6.x and 7.x, if you choose Header and Footer, the document switches to page layout view and displays the header with the document dimmed. This article describes how to get the Word 2.x functionality in Word 6.x and 7.x for Windows and Word 6.x for the Macintosh. In order to display the dialog box the way it is displayed in Word 2.x, use one of the following macros:
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How to install the macroWord for Windows, version 6.x Word for Windows NT, version 6.x Word for Windows 95, version 7.xFor more information on how to obtain the Supplemental Macros for Word 6.x for Windows, please see the following Knowledge Base article:
ARTICLE-ID: Q123606 TITLE : Supplemental Macros for Word 6.0 for Windows AvailableOnce the supplemental macros are installed, use the following steps to copy the Word2ViewHeaderFooter macro over to the Normal.dot (Global Template):
You need to perform a Custom or Complete installation of Word and choose to install the Macro Templates. Once the Macro Templates are installed, use the following steps to copy the macro from the Word 6.x Macros template to the Normal template:
How to Use the Macro
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONThe command that allows this functionality is NormalViewHeaderArea. By itself, the NormalViewHeaderArea command displays the header area in a split screen. Because the dialog box prompt is not displayed, as in Word 2.x, you only have the option to choose header; however, you can scroll down to the footer.
How to Use the NormalViewHeaderArea Command
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