I am trying to insert a header on stationary with preprinted letterhead on
all pages. When I click the "do not put on first page" button, it takes the
header and the letterhead off the first page, too! How do I fix it so that
the printed letterhead stays on the first page but the header starts on page
2?

After you've enabled the "Different first page" option in File | Page
Setup, Layout tab, just cut the contents of the main header and paste
it into the first page header.

If you cannot see anything beyond the first page, you could
temporarily insert a page break; then you can access the second page
and get access to the main header.

For more on letterhead creation, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm.

General information about headers and footers can be found at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"jackievar" wrote in message
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I am trying to insert a header on stationary with preprinted
letterhead on
all pages. When I click the "do not put on first page" button, it
takes the
header and the letterhead off the first page, too! How do I fix it
so that
the printed letterhead stays on the first page but the header starts
on page
2?

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
(for simulating different margins on different pages, among other things)


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).

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!
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"jackievar" wrote in message
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I am trying to insert a header on stationary with preprinted letterhead on
all pages. When I click the "do not put on first page" button, it takes
the
header and the letterhead off the first page, too! How do I fix it so
that
the printed letterhead stays on the first page but the header starts on
page
2?