You may want to look at my articles at
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm and
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm for more information
on these subjects, but here are a few tips:

1. A header is intended to repeat every page. Unless you have selected
"Different first page" on the Layout tab of Page Setup (so that you're
actually working in the First Page Header), everything that you put in the
header (which includes drawing objects anchored to the header paragraph)
will repeat on every page. Drawing objects with wrapping set to anything
other than In Line With Text can be placed anywhere on the page.

2. You don't need to change the page margins; you can use negative indents
to make the header area wider (set a negative amount for the left and
right indents in Format | Paragraph). Alternatively, you can use a table
extending beyond the margins, and of course wrapped drawing objects can be
placed anywhere. Keep in mind, however, that whatever you put within a
quarter inch or so of the edge of the page will probably not print, as
most printers cannot print clear to the edge. The letterhead you see that
has colored areas all the way to the edge (this is called "full bleed")
was probably professionally printed; commercial printers print on
oversized paper and then trim the edges.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"whiz-bang" wrote in message
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he4Hello,
Word 2003, Windows XP Pro
I am trying to create a template for letters, documents, etc. I want a
solid
blue bar going across the top with a logo on the far left and address on
the
far right. When I try to do this in the header/footer, I can't modifiy the
position or the contents. If I make the page margins zero so the blue bar
goes across the page, it affects the content as well. When I try to cut
and
paste or insert the logo into the header, I have problems. I have it
looking
the way I want it by using a frame, but it doesn't repeat on next pages.
This
is so easy to do in PPT but on Word I can't figure it out. I have seen
other
companys with this type of letterhead. I looked through all the tutorials
and
they don't really address this:

1. How do I edit header to go full width of page with background color?
2. How do I add an image to that header on the left hand side
3. How do I add adress info at the top right of page
4. How do I choose to have this repeated throughout the document, or how
do
I have this on page one and a different one on second page