Header first page only - How? Word 2007

Any question is simple when you know the answer. Word Perfect is irrelevant
here. Maybe Suzanne can explain it better -
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Joe727 wrote:
No Joy - I just tried your suggestion and it did not work.

I am coming from the Word Perfect World where accomplishing this is a
simple matter.

Thanks again.

Joe

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Once you've established different first/subsequent page headers,
you'll need to populate them accordingly. Word's default behavior is
to omit the header on the first page when you choose this setting,
since that's what people usually want. It's a simple matter,
however, to go into the 2nd page header, copy it to the clipboard
and delete it, then paste it into the 1st page header.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi Herb - these instructions resulted in the header being deleted
from the *first* page. The header remains on the subsequent pages.

Joe

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
In the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup launcher (lower right
corner of the Page Setup section). In the Layout tab, click
Different first page. This will enable the first and subsequent
pages to have distinct headers (footers, too), without the need
for a section break. The Page Setup dialog can also be displayed by
double-clicking the
vertical ruler.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007
Professional Suite that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want
the header to appear on the *first* page of a multi-page *letter*
document. Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe

Hi Graham - I only brought up Word Perfect because the task I am having
difficulty with in Word 2007 is simple to do in Word Perfect. I have Word
2007 and want to learn how to use it because Word Perfect is dead.

Joe

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Any question is simple when you know the answer. Word Perfect is
irrelevant here. Maybe Suzanne can explain it better -
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Joe727 wrote:
No Joy - I just tried your suggestion and it did not work.

I am coming from the Word Perfect World where accomplishing this is a
simple matter.

Thanks again.

Joe

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Once you've established different first/subsequent page headers,
you'll need to populate them accordingly. Word's default behavior is
to omit the header on the first page when you choose this setting,
since that's what people usually want. It's a simple matter,
however, to go into the 2nd page header, copy it to the clipboard
and delete it, then paste it into the 1st page header.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi Herb - these instructions resulted in the header being deleted
from the *first* page. The header remains on the subsequent pages.

Joe

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
In the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup launcher (lower right
corner of the Page Setup section). In the Layout tab, click
Different first page. This will enable the first and subsequent
pages to have distinct headers (footers, too), without the need
for a section break. The Page Setup dialog can also be displayed by
double-clicking the
vertical ruler.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007
Professional Suite that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want
the header to appear on the *first* page of a multi-page *letter*
document. Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe

Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The problem I
have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page break is supposed to
do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the body
and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That seems to
be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. You can insert a
page
break with Ctlr+Enter. When you finish the setup, delete 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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no idea
how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page 2.

Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it to
the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:29:33 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be recognized as
the
First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
. ..
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page Setup
group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the option for
Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit Header
from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor will appear in
the header area, which is tagged with "First Page Header". Anything
you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some advice
about letterhead construction.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:14:11 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007 Professional
Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to appear on
the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe



--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so all may benefit.

The page break is not necessary at all if you set up the primary header
first, then enable "Different first page," then set up the First Page
Header. And yes, you can leave either of the headers blank. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for more on working with
headers and footers.

--
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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The problem
I
have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page break is supposed
to
do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the body
and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That seems
to
be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. You can insert a
page
break with Ctlr+Enter. When you finish the setup, delete 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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no idea
how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page 2.

Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it to
the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:29:33 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be recognized
as
the
First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
. ..
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page
Setup
group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the option
for
Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit
Header
from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor will appear
in
the header area, which is tagged with "First Page Header". Anything
you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some
advice
about letterhead construction.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:14:11 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007 Professional
Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to appear
on
the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe



--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so all may benefit.

The page break is simply a temporary ruse to enable you to see the effect on
the header/footer of having two pages in your document.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Joe727 wrote:
Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The
problem I have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page
break is supposed to do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the
body and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That
seems to be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. You can
insert a page
break with Ctlr+Enter. When you finish the setup, delete 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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no
idea how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page
2. Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it
to the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:29:33 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be
recognized as the First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page
Setup group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the
option for Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit
Header from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor
will appear in the header area, which is tagged with "First Page
Header". Anything you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some
advice about letterhead construction.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:14:11 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007
Professional Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to
appear on the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe



--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Ok - thanks Suzanne, I finally got it. I checked Different first page, then
deleted the header on the second page, and now I only get the header on the
first page.

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The page break is not necessary at all if you set up the primary header
first, then enable "Different first page," then set up the First Page
Header. And yes, you can leave either of the headers blank. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for more on working
with
headers and footers.

--
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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The
problem
I
have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page break is supposed
to
do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the body
and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That seems
to
be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. You can insert a
page
break with Ctlr+Enter. When you finish the setup, delete 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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no idea
how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page 2.

Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it
to
the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:29:33 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be recognized
as
the
First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
. ..
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page
Setup
group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the option
for
Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit
Header
from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor will appear
in
the header area, which is tagged with "First Page Header".
Anything
you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some
advice
about letterhead construction.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:14:11 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007
Professional
Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to appear
on
the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe



--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Ok, thanks Graham. I appreciate your help and patience.

Joe

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
The page break is simply a temporary ruse to enable you to see the effect
on the header/footer of having two pages in your document.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Joe727 wrote:
Whew - that's quite a read for what should be a simple task. The
problem I have Suzanne, is that I don't understand what the page
break is supposed to do.

New Question: Is it possible *not* to have a "header section"?

If so, I can just create a template with the "header" as part of the
body and type below what is a "false header" for each new letter. That
seems to be the simplest solution.

Thanks

Joe

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. You can
insert a page
break with Ctlr+Enter. When you finish the setup, delete 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.

"Joe727" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jay, I am coming from the Word Perfect World and I have no
idea how
to insert a *temporary break page*. Word 2007 seems nice, but it
overly-complicates simple tasks.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
It isn't an "option", you have to physically move the material from
one header to the other.

If you only have one page in the document, insert a temporary page
break at the bottom of the page so you can see the header on page
2. Select the text (and anything else) from the page 2 header, cut it
to the clipboard, go to the first page header, and paste.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:29:33 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi Jay - How do I get the header I already created to be
recognized as the First Page Header? I don't see this option.

Joe

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On the Page Layout tab of the ribbon, click the Page Setup dialog
launcher (the tiny button in the lower right corner of the Page
Setup group). In the dialog, click the Layout tab and check the
option for Different First Page. Click OK.

This gives you two different headers, one for the first page and
another for all other pages.

Go to the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Header button, and
either choose one of the headers in the gallery or choose Edit
Header from the bottom of the gallery. The text and/or cursor
will appear in the header area, which is tagged with "First Page
Header". Anything you put there will appear only on page 1.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for some
advice about letterhead construction.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:14:11 -0400, "Joe727"
wrote:

Hi - I have Word 2007 which is part of the Office 2007
Professional Suite
that is being run on XP Pro SP2. I only want the header to
appear on the
*first* page of a multi-page *letter* document.

Question: How do I accomplish this?

Thanks

Joe



--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.