Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages, whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet

The whole idea of using "Different first page" is to avoid use of a section
break. Section breaks just don't work for letters because if you start
typing at the beginning, you will just keep extending Section 1 unless you
intentionally start typing after the break, which most typists won't
instinctively do. Not to mention that, as you say, a template with a section
break will always produce two pages even when only one is needed. The only
case where section breaks make sense (sometimes) is when you have a
significant logical break, such as after a title page or TOC, and the second
section will always be needed.

To answer your specific question, no, you absolutely don't need two
templates. The solution I describe will work regardless of how many pages
the document has. Word will remember the Header/Footer to use when the
document exceeds a single page.

--
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.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote in message
news
Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages, whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet

Methinks I didn't read your instructions carefully enough. I will try again.

W

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole idea of using "Different first page" is to avoid use of a section
break. Section breaks just don't work for letters because if you start
typing at the beginning, you will just keep extending Section 1 unless you
intentionally start typing after the break, which most typists won't
instinctively do. Not to mention that, as you say, a template with a section
break will always produce two pages even when only one is needed. The only
case where section breaks make sense (sometimes) is when you have a
significant logical break, such as after a title page or TOC, and the second
section will always be needed.

To answer your specific question, no, you absolutely don't need two
templates. The solution I describe will work regardless of how many pages
the document has. Word will remember the Header/Footer to use when the
document exceeds a single page.

--
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.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote in message
news
Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages, whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet

Wendy,

The idea is that you have a single template that works no matter how many
pages you have. The continuation page header is there in the template even
if your document is only one page. You don't want the section break.

For more, 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 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).

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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"Wendy Farkas" wrote in message
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Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages, whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet

To Suzanne and To Charles,

Thanks for the leads. What was fuzzy and frustrating on Friday worked
beautifully and correctly on a clear Monday morning.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote:

Methinks I didn't read your instructions carefully enough. I will try again.

W

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole idea of using "Different first page" is to avoid use of a section
break. Section breaks just don't work for letters because if you start
typing at the beginning, you will just keep extending Section 1 unless you
intentionally start typing after the break, which most typists won't
instinctively do. Not to mention that, as you say, a template with a section
break will always produce two pages even when only one is needed. The only
case where section breaks make sense (sometimes) is when you have a
significant logical break, such as after a title page or TOC, and the second
section will always be needed.

To answer your specific question, no, you absolutely don't need two
templates. The solution I describe will work regardless of how many pages
the document has. Word will remember the Header/Footer to use when the
document exceeds a single page.

--
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.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote in message
news
Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages, whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet

Glad you got it sorted. It's a very simple (but powerful) concept once you
get the hang of it.

--
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.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote in message
...
To Suzanne and To Charles,

Thanks for the leads. What was fuzzy and frustrating on Friday worked
beautifully and correctly on a clear Monday morning.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote:

Methinks I didn't read your instructions carefully enough. I will try
again.

W

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole idea of using "Different first page" is to avoid use of a
section
break. Section breaks just don't work for letters because if you start
typing at the beginning, you will just keep extending Section 1 unless
you
intentionally start typing after the break, which most typists won't
instinctively do. Not to mention that, as you say, a template with a
section
break will always produce two pages even when only one is needed. The
only
case where section breaks make sense (sometimes) is when you have a
significant logical break, such as after a title page or TOC, and the
second
section will always be needed.

To answer your specific question, no, you absolutely don't need two
templates. The solution I describe will work regardless of how many
pages
the document has. Word will remember the Header/Footer to use when the
document exceeds a single page.

--
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.

"Wendy Farkas" wrote in
message
news Nice article, Suzanne. The point about setting 2nd page layout
first, even
thought counter-intuitive, helped. Since I have produced a document
with a
next page section break, the template will always produce 2 pages,
whether
there is sufficient text to run to page 2 or not. Does this mean I
need to
produce two templates, a one-page or a two-pager, or is there a
one-size-fits-all solution?

Does my question make sense?

Thanks,

Wendy

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

--
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.

"OnTrack" wrote in message
...
I am trying to set up a template in Word 2002 which will have
our
letterhead
as normal on the 1st page but if the document runs to a second
page I
would
like that to be as per a continuation sheet