Header first page only - How? Word 2007

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Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007 Professional Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to appear on the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe
 
In the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup launcher (lower right corner of
the Page Setup section). In the Layout tab, click Different first page. This
will enable the first and subsequent pages to have distinct headers
(footers, too), without the need for a section break.

The Page Setup dialog can also be displayed by double-clicking the vertical
ruler.
 
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page Setup
group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the option for
Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit Header
from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor will appear in
the header area, which is tagged with "First Page Header". Anything
you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some advice
about letterhead construction.

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Hi Herb - these instructions resulted in the header being deleted from the
*first* page. The header remains on the subsequent pages.

Joe
 
Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be recognized as the
First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe
 
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page 2.

Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it to
the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.
 
Once you've established different first/subsequent page headers, you'll need
to populate them accordingly. Word's default behavior is to omit the header
on the first page when you choose this setting, since that's what people
usually want. It's a simple matter, however, to go into the 2nd page header,
copy it to the clipboard and delete it, then paste it into the 1st page
header.

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Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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No Joy - I just tried your suggestion and it did not work.

I am coming from the Word Perfect World where accomplishing this is a simple
matter.

Thanks again.

Joe
 
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no idea how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe
 
Hi Graham - I only brought up Word Perfect because the task I am having
difficulty with in Word 2007 is simple to do in Word Perfect. I have Word
2007 and want to learn how to use it because Word Perfect is dead.

Joe
 
Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The problem I
have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page break is supposed to
do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the body
and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That seems to
be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe
 
The page break is not necessary at all if you set up the primary header
first, then enable "Different first page," then set up the First Page
Header. And yes, you can leave either of the headers blank. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for more on working with
headers and footers.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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The page break is simply a temporary ruse to enable you to see the effect on
the header/footer of having two pages in your document.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Ok - thanks Suzanne, I finally got it. I checked Different first page, then
deleted the header on the second page, and now I only get the header on the
first page.

Joe
 
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