Different First Page

[kthr33]

I'm working in XP, W2003. Today I was putting together a 4 page document. May be the first time I ever did more then 2 pages. In page setup I selected different first page. The header and footer of first page was different from the second page. However the header and footer of the third page mirrored the first and the fourth the second. When I looked, different first page was still checked. What have I done wrong, or missed? Is there another place to check? All ideas, suggestions, comments any would care to offer will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

[Charles Kenyon]

You may have a "new page" section break between your second and third pages. The different first page setting is by section, not by document, and can be different in different sections.

See Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 97-2003.

[kthr33]

Thank You Charles for considering and replying to my post. The docu I'm building is assembly instructions. A picture on the left, copy on the right. From your reply I went back and removed all the breaks I had inserted and uncolumned from 2 to 1. Interestingly enough, after unbreaking and uncolumning, the headers and footers were just as I wished them to be. Then I carefully rebreaked everything to 'column-continuous' and 2 columned each set as I went. Didn't work. After undoing everything again, I put it all back together again as 'text wrap-continuous'. Didn't work. Somehow during all this I discovered I didn't need to insert the breaks myself. By simply hiliting what I wanted columned and and selecting '2 columns', MSW put the breaks in for me. It would be a great learning experience now if I could somehow go back and find out what 'Break' style MSW used. I tried hiliting the break lines but nothing read out anywhere. After adding some carriage returns to adjust where the break lines fell on the page, everything is just fine now. Thanks for the help. K.

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by kthr33

Thank You Charles for considering and replying to my post. The docu I'm building is assembly instructions. A picture on the left, copy on the right. From your reply I went back and removed all the breaks I had inserted and uncolumned from 2 to 1. Interestingly enough, after unbreaking and uncolumning, the headers and footers were just as I wished them to be. Then I carefully rebreaked everything to 'column-continuous' and 2 columned each set as I went. Didn't work. After undoing everything again, I put it all back together again as 'text wrap-continuous'. Didn't work. Somehow during all this I discovered I didn't need to insert the breaks myself. By simply hiliting what I wanted columned and and selecting '2 columns', MSW put the breaks in for me. It would be a great learning experience now if I could somehow go back and find out what 'Break' style MSW used. I tried hiliting the break lines but nothing read out anywhere. After adding some carriage returns to adjust where the break lines fell on the page, everything is just fine now. Thanks for the help. K.

Any time you insert columns, you insert a section break, often two.

You should be able, in the new section (where you do not want the repeat of the first page header) disconnect the same as previous setting for headers and footers and then change the different first page setting.

[kthr33]

Thanks Charles. Appreciate your help. With your nudge, I completed the instructions just in time to ship as promised. Thanks. K.