Header only on first page?

Anonymous
2010-07-15T21:38:17+00:00

When I create a header in 2010 it is on every page.  For the life of me I can not find a first page only box to check.

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Jay Freedman 208.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2011-01-07T18:38:01+00:00

If you've already created the header text before you choose Different First Page, then the

simplest procedure is this:

  1. Select the header text and cut it to the clipboard.
  2. Set the Different First Page option.
  3. Paste the header text into the first page header.

An alternative, if Different First Page is already set, is to go to the second page

(insert a manual page break with Ctrl+Enter if there's only one page so far), cut the text

from its header, go to the first page header, and paste.

Jay Freedman

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2010-07-15T22:20:15+00:00

Check the "Different First Page" box in the Options section of the Header & Footer Tools design tab of the ribbon, or, on the Page Layout tab, click on the right hand end of the page Setup bar and in the Page Setup dialog, go to the Layout tab and check the "Different first page" box.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-01-27T22:08:47+00:00

    That is because the "header" that you have created is the Primary Header that will appear on the second and subsequent pages of the document.  Move to the second page of the document and select the header information and then use Ctrl+x to cut it to the clipboard and then move to the first page header area and use Ctrl+v to paste the information into the first page header.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-27T21:16:12+00:00

    When I do this, the header on the first page disappears and remains on the consecutive pages. I need a header only on the first page.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-03T17:51:34+00:00

    Check the "Different First Page" box in the Options section of the Header & Footer Tools design tab of the ribbon, or, on the Page Layout tab, click on the right hand end of the page Setup bar and in the Page Setup dialog, go to the Layout tab and check the "Different first page" box.

    Thank you so much I appreciate, took me two minutes to locate the option and as soon as the header vanished from the first page I did a ctrl+z cut it out and then set the different first page option and pasted the header right back in. I am all smiles now...thanks again.

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