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Hi
I simply want to type a letter where the second page that appears when I've filled the first with text, has different headers from the first page. It's a business letter and I want date, reference, logo, addressee etc on the first page but not on the second or subsequent pages. How do I do this? It seems that Word only allows different headers/footers between sections. But if I make the second page a new section, Word simply extends the page formatting for the first page over into the next page as I type, making the new section page three, and so on. [Why oh why can this simple stuff not be more user friendly?] Guidance and help would be much appreciated. David |
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Hi David,
Sorry if this is a double post (my first one disappeared). You could try File, Page Setup, Layout and then tick the box under Headers and Footers that says "different first page". Good luck with this! Karen |
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Hi David,
I use Word 2003 and what I do is go to File, Page Setup, Layout and checkmark the box that says "Headers and Footers - different first page". Good luck with this! Karen |
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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for complete
instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "David" wrote in message ... Hi I simply want to type a letter where the second page that appears when I've filled the first with text, has different headers from the first page. It's a business letter and I want date, reference, logo, addressee etc on the first page but not on the second or subsequent pages. How do I do this? It seems that Word only allows different headers/footers between sections. But if I make the second page a new section, Word simply extends the page formatting for the first page over into the next page as I type, making the new section page three, and so on. [Why oh why can this simple stuff not be more user friendly?] Guidance and help would be much appreciated. David |
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OK got it. Thanks to you both...but like it says in those instructions in
the link page, it's counterintuitive. Such a fundamental requirement for a word processing package. Be so easy to rant! "David" wrote in message ... Hi I simply want to type a letter where the second page that appears when I've filled the first with text, has different headers from the first page. It's a business letter and I want date, reference, logo, addressee etc on the first page but not on the second or subsequent pages. How do I do this? It seems that Word only allows different headers/footers between sections. But if I make the second page a new section, Word simply extends the page formatting for the first page over into the next page as I type, making the new section page three, and so on. [Why oh why can this simple stuff not be more user friendly?] Guidance and help would be much appreciated. David |
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Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links) Some other pages to look at: Letterhead Tips and Instructions http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial Template Basics http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm Word "Forms" http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and Word for Word Perfect Users http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP environment (or even if you are not). If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is), Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/ Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "David" wrote in message ... Hi I simply want to type a letter where the second page that appears when I've filled the first with text, has different headers from the first page. It's a business letter and I want date, reference, logo, addressee etc on the first page but not on the second or subsequent pages. How do I do this? It seems that Word only allows different headers/footers between sections. But if I make the second page a new section, Word simply extends the page formatting for the first page over into the next page as I type, making the new section page three, and so on. [Why oh why can this simple stuff not be more user friendly?] Guidance and help would be much appreciated. David |
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