I have created a company header and footer. Word applies it to every page.

Under Page Setup, I can set it to apply the header and footer to odd pages
only.

I want to apply the header and footer only to the first page and not the
rest. If I select different first page, the first page does not get a header
and footer, but the rest do....!

How do I get the header and footer only on the first page?

In Header and Footer view, you need to cut the header and footer content
from where they are, and paste into the first page header and footer areas.

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Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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"Peter Downes" wrote in message
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I have created a company header and footer. Word applies it to every page.

Under Page Setup, I can set it to apply the header and footer to odd pages
only.

I want to apply the header and footer only to the first page and not the
rest. If I select different first page, the first page does not get a
header
and footer, but the rest do....!

How do I get the header and footer only on the first page?

First, do _not_ make such modifications to normal.dot
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm) and
you should _not_ be sharing normal.dot among users.
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468)

Second, when you first type a header and then apply the "different first
page" setting your header becomes the continuation page header. You may want
to 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://home.earthlink.net/~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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Peter Downes" wrote in message
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I have created a company header and footer. Word applies it to every page.

Under Page Setup, I can set it to apply the header and footer to odd pages
only.

I want to apply the header and footer only to the first page and not the
rest. If I select different first page, the first page does not get a
header
and footer, but the rest do....!

How do I get the header and footer only on the first page?