Hi,



I'm designing a letterhead document using header & footer in Word.

Because the header is quite deep, I've used sections to separate the first page, allowing subsequent pages to not show the header.

However, in the footer of the document, I have left space for the user to fill out their name & contact information. Although they'll remember to do this on page 1, because the document uses two separate sections, they'll probably not remember to update the second footer when they write their first document that goes across two pages.

In short, is there any way of having the same footer for all pages, but a separate header for the first page?

Any help greatly appreciated

Bostockm

No need for a section break. No need for two sections. That is the purpose of the "different first page" setting. Here are links to three resources.

How can I get a different header/footer on the second page?
Header/Footer Settings Recap
Setting Up Letter Templates

The different first page setting applies to both the header and the footer in a section.

However, the big question is why are you having your user edit headers or footers at all? If the information you want there is in the document itself, you can use a StyleRef Field to put it into headers and footers. If it is not, perhaps you want to be using AutoText fields or DocProperty fields (i.e. Author) to fill them in.

If you must have your user input the information in the first-page footer, you can use a StyleRef field in your continuation footer to copy that information.

For other methods of copying parts of a document to other parts, see Repeating Data (Populating Multiple Like Fields).