Word 2007 Footer problem

[clut]

Hi,

I'm writing a document, and when I add a footer, it puts a horizontal double line along the top of my footer for me.

I don't want this line there between the footer and the main page, but I just can't seem to get rid of it (short of getting rid of the whole footer).

When I try to insert a blank footer, I still get this horizontal line.

Can anyone help??

 

[clut]

Update...

I can't even remove the footer now, despite pressing the 'Remove Footer' button countless times.

Is this a bug, or am I just doing it wrong?

 

[TheAtHomeCouple]

Dude - I signed up to the forum just to give you the answer.

I found your post when I was searching for the exact same solution. Friggin bar at the bottom of the footer wouldn't go away!!!

I finally figured it out after poking around for the last 3 hours...

It has to do with Styles...

Okay,

1. double click in the footer area so you are now in Edit mode for the footer.
2. click the Home tab up top - and on the ribbon you will see the Section. click the little arrow at the very bottom of that section.
3. scroll down to Footer - it will highlight and click the arrow to the right selecting modify.
4. this is the {Moderator removed} settings for the footer lol. I'm so annoyed right now.. Alright..
5. choose the font/size you want - i set mine to Cambria, 9
6. be sure that "add to quick style list" and "auto update" are checked
7. click the format tab bottom right and select border
8. this is where you can adjust the style of the footer.
9. I picked the standard 1/2 point solid line (very top option) and selected white as the color - so that it does not appear.
10. click okay - and add your footer!

I really hope that helps man - I wasted so much time (in the middle of writing an ebook/sales page package, and I was supposed to work on the copy tonight and didn't even get around to it.)

Do me a favor, drop me a line and let me know if you got everything figured out alright.

Good luck!

Elijah

 

[npatidar]

Word 2007 Footer Line Change

Thanks Elijah, that post rocked. I wasted only 1 hour, then looked and found your answer. After I changed it, I had to click footer in the little arrow style sub menu.

 

[v six]

Dude - I signed up to the forum just to give you the answer.

I found your post when I was searching for the exact same solution. Friggin bar at the bottom of the footer wouldn't go away!!!


Elijah I just signed up so I could thank you for this info. Microsoft have screwed up again. I had the same problem and you solved it for me.

 

[shimmer63]

Elijah, thank you so much! This solved the problem - and a whole bunch of my time.

I, too, signed up just so I could say thanks.

 

[Panther Woman]

I join the throng who registered just to thank Elijah.

However, I'd like to clarify a point (which may have been part of the justified profanity sadly removed): in step 2 you aren't looking for "Section" on the Home tab...you are looking for the "Paragraph" section, and within that section, you are looking for a small down arrow related to tables (borders, shading, grid lines).

Ridiculous!

 

[Macropod]

Microsoft have screwed up again.

No, Microsoft didn't screw anything up. Word has functioned this way for over a decade - you just haven't learnt how to use it.

What you're trying to modify is the 'Footnote Separator'. In all versions of Word, you can access this by:
1. switching to 'Normal' view ('Draft' view in Word 2007);
2. double-clicking on any footnote;
3. clicking on the 'Footnotes' dropdown arrow and selecting 'Footnote Separator'; then
4. editing the 'Footnote Separator' with your preferred attributes.

While you're there, you might also want to edit the 'Footnote Continuation Separator' and the 'Footnote Continuation Notice'.

When you're done, simply switch back to your preferred view.

FWIW, the 'problem' has nothing to do with Styles either ...

 

[Panther Woman]

I cannot speak for everyone, but I did not have a footnote in my document, and I knew how to manipulate the footnote separator. In fact, I tried that, and it did not help.
My problem was definitely a border problem tied to the paragraph on my even page footers. Once I cleared that, the mysterious gray line disappeared.
Your situation may be different, but what made this so frustrating for me was how hard it was visually to find the menu for clearing this for the paragraph in Word 2007. The Word 2007 UI is a sea change, and while it may be great for people who have never used Word, for me it wastes valuable time trying to find out how to do something I could have figured out in a few minutes in the old UI.
My experience today justified the profanity I was spewing until I came across Elijah's solution

 

[m.p0wer]

Thank you Elijah.
I signed up just to thank you.
I was so p*ssed... I'm trying, and trying for days... I have a 75 pages written, and i thought it all went to hell because of stup*d Microsoft.
It was not a footnote problem, idi*ts in Microsoft just f*ck*d up AGAIN.

Thank you so much Elijah! ray: