This question sounds dumb to me, but I have to ask anyway...What is the
point of keeping the header/footer in layouts other than reports?

It can make a nice display in List or Table View; no point in Form View
though I don't think

In article <20040223154419733+0000 (AT) news (DOT) blueyonder.co.uk>, Alan
<braedsjaa (AT) yahooooo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I use headers all the time for listview layouts. My lists can run to many
hundreds of records. A header is a good place to park releveant data
about what the list is. Also, a header is a good place to put navigation
& script buttons, so after you scroll way down, you don't have to scroll
all the way back up to click a button.

There are some strange effects that show up, like placing global fields in
a header part can mess up somes kinds of scripts. I've found I have to
put these fields in the list body, way off to the right, text set to white
so they don't show.

Regular fields work great in a header. One use is a running total field
for scrolling through long, long lists of products to order. As you make
selections, your accumulated progress is always visible.

Steve Brown

Put the most important information in the body; the lesser stuff can be
relegated to headers or footers (these fields will reflect the currently
selected record).

Chris