While in the header (or the section the header belongs to), go to:
Page Setup>
Layout tab>
UNCHECK Different First Page>
OK

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Magic Header.docx (308.2 KB, 9 views)

Glad you could chime in. Thank you for contributing. Please continue to do so. That is how these communities work and we all learn.

However, I do not believe that your response would solve the original problem. I've been unable to produce a situation where it would work. A first-page header not only would be visible when looking at the document but could also be edited directly. (I did check your sample. It was a couple of screenshots. You put some work into it. More useful would be a sample where the process you describe works.)

I've been looking at these issues for a while. That does not mean that I know everything; I do not. Nor am I always right.

Here are a couple of my writings analyzing headers and footers:

• Header/Footer Settings Recap (2014)
• How can I get a different header/footer on the second page? (2001)

Absolutely brilliant. I've just about finished proofing a 360pp. book draft and this issue was driving me crazy. Just could not work out how to attack it. Thanks Sooooo much!
FrankieB