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.

and

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

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-02-27T00:37:18+00:00

    The Header & Footer Tools | Design tab is contextual. It is displayed only when the insertion point is in the header or footer. Step 1 in my instructions is to open the header.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-26T23:15:19+00:00

    My version of Word 2010 does not display a tab "Header & Footer Tools / Design" with "Options".

    My version displays (after clicking INSERT): "Header / Footer / Page Number" tabs only.

    There is nothing about "Design" nor "Options" nor "Different First Page"

    I am still STUMPED as to  how to prevent my postal address Header printing on all subsequent pages.

    RD

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  3. Charles Kenyon 171K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-02-26T18:11:08+00:00

    Where are "Different First Page" and "First Page Header"?

    I STILL have not found a way to limit printing the Header to the first page. It prints on every subsequent page. My Header is my postal address, which should appear ONLY ON THE FIRST PAGE of a letter.

    Thanks. RD

    See the other replies in this thread.

    How can I get a different header/footer on the second page?

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