headers

[midwestwriter]

I'm using MS Word 2007. I have many documents with multiple pages. On the
first page is an extensive header with a graphic. On the subsequent pages
there is just the document number, the revision letter, and the page x of x.
What I've been doing is a section break at the bottom of every page. It
allows me to keep each page in order and separates the first page and all the
other pages from each other. It's kind of a hassle though because I have
multiple editors who think they're experts and they go in and end up screwing
up the headers and I spend time putting it back the way it's supposed to be.
Is there any other way to preserve the headers from page to page without the
section breaks?

 

[grammatim]

It sounds like you're saying that what you want is a "Different First
Page" header. It probably works differently in 2007 than in what I'm
used to, but in 2003 you do that in the Page Setup panel, Layout page.

 

[Peter A]

I'm using MS Word 2007. I have many documents with multiple pages. On the
first page is an extensive header with a graphic. On the subsequent pages
there is just the document number, the revision letter, and the page x of x.
What I've been doing is a section break at the bottom of every page. It
allows me to keep each page in order and separates the first page and all the
other pages from each other. It's kind of a hassle though because I have
multiple editors who think they're experts and they go in and end up screwing
up the headers and I spend time putting it back the way it's supposed to be.
Is there any other way to preserve the headers from page to page without the
section breaks?

Having a section break at the bottom of each page is an invitation to
problems. Maybe all your editors are the experts! You don;t need any
section breaks - just use the Different First Page Header option.

 

[midwestwriter]

No, they're not experts.
Where do I find the first page header option?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

On the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup dialog launcher. On the Layout
tab of Page Setup, check the box for "Different first page."