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Chuck Davis
 
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-----Original Message-----
I have written a document with a different front page

footer so that the
numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page.

What is strange is that the footer on the first page

appears much higher
than those on subsequent pages.

Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer?

Noel


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Word 2003 (you didn't specify which version) Help returns this:
Specify how to start or restart page numbering
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If you haven't done so already, insert a section break
(section break: A mark you insert to show the end of a
section. A section break stores the section formatting
elements, such as the margins, page orientation, headers
and footers, and sequence of page numbers.) where you want
to start page numbering.
How?

Click where you want to insert a section break.
On the Insert menu, click Break.
Under Section break types, click the option that describes
where you want the new section (section: A portion of a
document in which you set certain page formatting options.
You create a new section when you want to change such
properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers
and footers.) to begin.
Note If you have already inserted a page break (page
break: The point at which one page ends and another begins.
Microsoft Word inserts an "automatic" (or soft) page break
for you, or you can force a page break at a specific
location by inserting a "manual" (or hard) page break.) to
cause a chapter to start on a new page, delete the page
break and replace it with a section break that starts on a
new page.

Do any of the following:
Start page numbering with 1 after the first page

For example, you can omit page numbers for the document's
title page or introduction and then start page numbering
later in the document.

Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in
which you set certain page formatting options. You create a
new section when you want to change such properties as line
numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in
which you want to start page numbering.
On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
If you want to position the page numbers at the bottom of
the page, click Switch Between Header and Footer on the
Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and
options that you use to carry out commands. To display a
toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click
the Toolbars tab.).
If a header or footer has been defined for a previous
section in the document, click Link to Previous on the
Header and Footer toolbar to break the connection between
the header or footer in the current section and the
previous section.
If there's already text in the header or footer that you
don't want, delete the text before inserting the page number.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter 1.
Start page numbering with a number other than 1

For example, you can number pages without a break in
numbering between multiple documents by numbering the first
document 1 through 20 and the second document 21 through 40.

Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in
which you set certain page formatting options. You create a
new section when you want to change such properties as line
numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in
which you want to change the starting page number.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter a number.
Restart page numbering with 1 for each chapter or section

For example, you can number the first chapter 1 through 5
and the second chapter 1 through 8. Or, number the table of
contents i through iv and the rest of the document 1
through 25.

Click in a section (section: A portion of a document in
which you set certain page formatting options. You create a
new section when you want to change such properties as line
numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) or
select multiple sections in which you want to restart page
numbering.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter 1.