I have a first page header which needs to cover most of the first page, to hold text. I have adjusted the header height no problem.



But when I put text into the header, only about half a page's worth displays. The rest of the header below halfway-down the page , remains blank. Any additional lines of text I type in, just disappear. This is in Print Layout view. The text does not appear when I physically print the document either.

I am using Word 2010. I have saved the document as a dotm (template).

Can anyone help me? Is there a maximum header depth in Word 2010?

Thanks.

I can confirm this behavior. It appears that Word doesn't accept a header that large. Instead, use a text box, possibly anchored to the first page header.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Thanks Stefan, I will try that and let you know how it works. If this is definite behaviour then it may cause us problems - integrating some output from a third party system into a Word template.

Fingers crossed that your suggestion works!