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How do create different first page in template w/o losing header?

Anonymous
2011-06-05T06:08:09+00:00

I'm writing a newsletter with a header on the first page only. When I insert page numbers as a footer on the first page they don't appear anywhere else. If I start with the second page they begin with the number 4  and then change consecutively in the document. If I change the 4 to number 2, then all the following pages are numbered "2". 

My document is 14 pages long with the first 9 pages being 2 columns and the remaining 5 pages are each one column. I don't know why, but the first 9 pages of footers are designated "section 1", the 10th page is designated "section 2, pages 11-13 are designated  "section 3", and the last page is designated "section 4".

 I need consecutive numbering from start to finish. How can I make that happen?

BTW - I tried the tuitorial and it worked there, but when I applied the same actions to my document it did not work.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-05T07:17:03+00:00

    There are potentially four header and footer ranges for each section of the document (though they cannot all be used in the same document). If you use columns on some pages and not others then the pages with the columns will be separated into separate sections. If you want a header in the first page, then you appear to have set that up correctly, however if you want footers in all the pages, you will have to create them separately.

    On the Page Layout tab > Page Setup > Layout > Check Different First Page and apply to whole document.

    You then need to insert a page field - type CTRL+F9 and between the brackets write Page thus {Page} -  in each relevant footer that doesn't have one (click ) .

    Select the first page page number and from the Insert tab  click the arrow by Page Number and select format page number. Check the box for continue from previous section, and if the start number is anything but empty or 1, change the start number to 1. Check that each section has the page number setting continue from previous section.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2011-06-05T07:05:06+00:00

    To have page numbers displayed in your document, you need to insert a { PAGE } field.  With a First Page Header/Footer, you will need to insert such a field into the Primary Header/Footer as well as in the First Page Header/Footer.

    To control the starting page number, click on the Format Page Numbers item from the Page Number pulldown in the Header & Footer section of the Insert Tab of the Ribbon or from the Page Number pulldown in the Header and Footer section of the Heater & Footer Tools tab of the Ribbon that will be displayed when the selection is in the Header or Footer of the document.

    Also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm

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