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. Jay Freedman 208.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-24T20:07:02+00:00

    Go to the header on the second page, and cut it to the clipboard, leaving that header empty. Then go to the header on the first page (on the Header & Footer Tools tab, click the Previous button), and paste in the header from the clipboard.

    A bit more explanation should help to clarify: Each section in a Word document has three headers, the Primary, First Page, and Even Page headers.

    • If the First Page and  the Odd and Even Page check boxes are cleared, then only the Primary header appears, and it's on all the pages.
    • If only the First Page check box is checked, then the First Page header is visible on the first page, and the Primary header appears on all the other pages.
    • If only the Odd and Even check box is checked, then the Even Page header appears on even-numbered pages, and the Primary header appears on the odd-numbered pages.
    • If both check boxes are checked, it's the same as for the Odd and Even case, except that the First Page header appears on the first page.

    You can add text to any or all three of the headers, and it will be saved in the document file, regardless of which ones are made visible. What sometimes trips people up is that you must have at least two pages in the document in order to be able to edit the Primary header while the Odd and Even check box is checked.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-24T16:59:01+00:00

    You have to enable Different First Page and put the content only in the First Page Header/Footer, leaving the primary header/footer empty. See http://WordFAQs.mvps.org/HeaderFooter.htm.

    I tried that, but it deleted the header completely from the first page and kept it on every following page.

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-02-28T22:30:06+00:00

    I do know very well that you can click on the "In reply to link", but making a statement about "missing the point" in respect of a post that is about 3 1/2 years old is really pointless and one therefore has to wonder if it was really that post that RD3WT considers to have "missed the point completety."

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