@Sam_evans1340 To detect if your footer is macro-based or not, instead of deleting Issue/Version #, you could try to replace all of your footer with, say, Date & Time on Left pane, Filename on Middle and Page # on Right (whichever icon available for footer) then save your document. If it does not show your new change, it means a macro behind the scene (likely triggered by Before Save event) is actually generating your footer and you could not override it by manually editing footer.
