Indeed, by default each header (footer) is linked to the corresponding
type of header (footer) in the previous section. Obviously, when you
are enabling the "Different first page" option, more work is required
to unlink headers (and/or footers). Note, however, that you may not
need to unlink. What contents are you adding? If you are referencing
something from the main body of the document, a STYLEREF field could
do the job. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm and the first
section of
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"gil" wrote in message ...
I guess my prior note just goes to show that I need to take a break.
I had intended to say:
What are the 10 most common problems in using headers and footers
when using
different first pages? For 10 years I've recommended that users
avoid them
unless they absolutely have to. I spent another several hours this
morning
trying to learn how to get the section headers not to somehow keep
replacing
a prior section's header.
My sequence looks something like:
insert section page break
insert hard Page
view header
break link
page setup different first page
go to footer and break link
go to page format, break link, select start at new page number 1
go back to header
make sure you're in current section NOT first page, break link if it
changed
back on you
insert your non-first page header
move to first page header make sure it's empty
go to prior section, make sure it's not been copied to prior
section's
headers,
then do the same whole sequence for the footers
It seems ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO BREAK THE LINK EACH TIME YOU ENTER
A HEADER
OR FOOTER BOX BEFORE ANY TEXT ENTRY. Any text entry seems to
replace the
prior sections headers instantly.
YOU CANNOT PLACE A HEADER FOR NON-FIRST PAGE HEADERS UNTIL AFTER YOU
MAKE A
SECOND PAGE.
"gil" wrote in message
...
What are the 10 most common problems in using headers and footers
when
using different first pages? For 10 years I've recommended that
users
avoid them unless they have to. I spent another several hours
this
morning trying to learn how to get the section headers not to
insert section page break at bottom of file
insert hard Page so you can have a nonfirst page header
view header
break link
page setup different first page
go to footer and break link
go to page format, break link, select start at new page number 1
go back to header
make sure you're in current section NOT first page, break link if
it
changed back on you
insert your non-first page header
move to first page header make sure it's empty
go to prior section, make sure it's not been linked to later
section's
headers,
then do the same whole sequence for the footers
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO BREAK THE LINK EACH TIME YOU ENTER A
HEADER OR
FOOTER BOX BEFORE ANY TEXT ENTRY. Any text entry seems to replace
the
prior sections headers instantly.
YOU CANNOT PLACE A HEADER FOR NON-FIRST PAGE HEADERS UNTIL AFTER
YOU MAKE
A SECOND PAGE.
TIA
Long time sufferer