You don't need to use the 'different first page' setting or multiple front sections if you want to have more than one unnumbered page at the front of your document. All you need is a single 'next page' Section break before the page where the numbering is to start. Then simply unlink the header of the 2nd Section from the previous one before inserting the page # field and setting the numbering to start at 1.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]