Tables Becoming Headers???

Word 2000, Win 2000
On a page with a table in the body text (different types, shadings, etc., doesn't seem to matter):

1. I click View=Header and Footer. The header displays and the body text, including that in the table(s) grays out.
2. I click Close in the Header and Footer dialog to return to the body text. The text in the table(s) remains grayed out (invisible in tables with any background shading). I can't select table text with the mouse, although I can scroll into the table and select text that way. If I double-click in a table cell, the Header and Footer dialog opens and the cursor goes into the header. I can't select the table from this view, so it hasn't become part of the header (although it kind of acts as if it has).

The table remains grayed out until I do something strange like move the table. Graphic objects also gray out and remain so, but double-clicking them brings up the Format Objects dialog as usual.

I've never seen this sort of thing before. Anybody know what's going on? And, should I be worried about it?

There are some document layouts I use that are very prone to this. It's not
consistent, but seems most common when the table immediately follows the
header. As you say, you can't click in the table; but you can use the arrow
keys to move the cursor into it, and once there, any action seems to clear
the problem, as does switching views. It's obviously a display bug. As far
as I can tell it's not harmful.




"Jerry" wrote in message
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Word 2000, Win 2000
On a page with a table in the body text (different types, shadings, etc.,
doesn't seem to matter):

1. I click View=Header and Footer. The header displays and the body text,
including that in the table(s) grays out.
2. I click Close in the Header and Footer dialog to return to the body
text. The text in the table(s) remains grayed out (invisible in tables with
any background shading). I can't select table text with the mouse, although
I can scroll into the table and select text that way. If I double-click in a
table cell, the Header and Footer dialog opens and the cursor goes into the
header. I can't select the table from this view, so it hasn't become part of
the header (although it kind of acts as if it has).

The table remains grayed out until I do something strange like move the
table. Graphic objects also gray out and remain so, but double-clicking them
brings up the Format Objects dialog as usual.

I've never seen this sort of thing before. Anybody know what's going on?
And, should I be worried about it?