How do you limit the header and footer to only the first page of a document?

Anonymous
2011-08-09T16:28:43+00:00

I ant the header and footer to only appear on the first page.

Now it appears on every page OR on every odd page.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2011-08-09T20:02:08+00:00

You need to enable "Different first page" and put the header and footer content only in the First Page Header and First Page Footer. If you see the header/footer on every page, then you are putting it in the primary Header/Footer. If you're seeing it only on odd pages, then you have enabled "Different odd and even" which makes the primary header/footer the Odd Page Header/Footer.

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Anonymous
2011-08-09T16:40:18+00:00

My first thought would be IF you have multiple section breaks, you have to UNLINK the Headers and Footers from the previous sections.

For tips see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/front\_matter\_2007.htm for details on how to have different Headers and Footers, etc. in one document.

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http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/workwithsectionscontent.htm

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-28T01:17:00+00:00

    Sorry, but, to my mind, that is the glitch. MS ought to provide or allow a template with the option of NOT repeating a Header (or Footer) on every page after the first.

    RD

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-02-28T00:29:51+00:00

    There is no "glitch," and I'm not sure what you're considering one. That you have to display the header to get the Header & Footer Tools? In previous versions, the Header & Footertoolbar was displayed when the header was opened (which was a lot harder in those versions). That you have to use "Different first page" to get a different header on the first page? Well, the point of a header is to repeat on every page. Having this option (which is also available from the Layout tab of Page Setup when you're not in the header) allows you to have the first page different. Word has always worked this way. Word has very robust and flexible tools for varying headers and footers (not just with "Different first page" but also with "Different odd and even"). You just need to learn how to use them; see http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/headerfooter.htm.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-27T18:54:56+00:00

    Thanks. One has to admit the procedure is clumsy. The blinkered techies at Microsoft seem to think that no one ever writes a letter longer than one page. Let us hope they are able to recognise the glitch and fix it before long.

    RD

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