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WD: How to Display the Header in Normal View Using Split Screen

Article ID: 176694

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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SUMMARY

This article describes how you can create a toolbar button to have Word display a header pane in a split screen while you are in normal view.

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This method will only work in normal view and will only display the Header option. To create a toolbar button to have Word display a header pane while you are in normal view, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize. Select the Commands tab.
  2. Under Categories, select All Commands. Under Commands, select NormalViewHeaderArea, and then drag it to a toolbar.
  3. Click Close.
To see the Header pane, follow these steps:

  1. On the View menu, click Normal.
  2. Click the toolbar button for NormalViewHeaderArea.
The Header pane will appear at the bottom of the document. Clicking Close will close the Window pane.

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

142498 WD: How to Display the Header in Normal View Using Split Screen


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