JEditorPane is not rendering headers and footers at all. The following file will demonstrate this. To see how it should render, open it in StarOffice.

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{\rtf1\ansi\deff0
{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2 Times New Roman;}}
{\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red128\green128\blue128;}
{\stylesheet{\s1\snext1 Standard;}
{\s2\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336\sbasedon1\snext2 Header;}
{\s3\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336\sbasedon1\snext3 Footer;}
}
{\info{\creatim\yr1999\mo11\dy9\hr14\min37}{\revtim\yr1601\mo1\dy1\hr0\min0}{\printim\yr1601\mo1\dy1\hr0\min0}{\comment StarWriter}{\vern5170}}\deftab720
{\*\pgdsctbl
{\pgdsc0\pgdscuse195\pgwsxn6336\pghsxn6768\headery0{\*\headeryb283\headerxl0\headerxr0}{\header \pard\plain \s2\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336 This is a standard header
\par }
\footery0{\*\footeryt283\footerxl0\footerxr0}{\footer \pard\plain \s3\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336 This is a standard footer
\par }
\pgdscnxt0 Standard;}}
\paperh6768\paperw6336\margl0\margr0\margt0\margb0\sectd\sbknone\pgwsxn6336\pghsxn6768\headery0{\header \pard\plain \s2\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336 This is a standard header
\par }
\footery0{\footer \pard\plain \s3\tqc\tx3168\tqr\tx6336 This is a standard footer
\par }
\ftnbj\ftnstart1\ftnrstcont\ftnnar\aenddoc\aftnrstcont\aftnstart1\aftnnrlc
\pard\plain \s1\ul\b Header And Footer Test
\par
\par \pard\plain \s1\ulnone Expected Results: You should be able to see the header at the top of the page and the footer at the bottom.
\par }

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edmund.lou@eng 1999-11-12