It's not allowing me to see the edit box that normally happens. I can edit
the header but not the footer.

"Bob I" wrote:

You may "Edit" the header an footer in Page setup in Excel. Word allows
you to do what you are attempting.

Renee wrote:
I have a standard footer in place on my worksheet and I want to customize it.
I can't click on the footer, nothing happens (including that I can't see the
"footer" id. If I try to select footer, it's grayer out but clearly I have a
footer. Help!