Separate sections with different Headers/Footers

Question

Is there a way to 'Unlink' from the previous section?

Answer 1

Yes. Place the insertion point in the header or footer you want to unlink from the one in the previous section. The contextual Header & Footer Tools | Design tab of the Ribbon will be displayed. In the Navigation group, click Link to Previous to turn it off.

Some things to keep in mind:

1. Each section can have up to three different headers/footers (if you have enabled Different First Page and/or Different Odd and Even). Each of these--primary or Odd Header/Footer, First Page Header/Footer, and Even Header/Footer--must/may be unlinked from its counterpart in a previous section (you can link or unlink any one of them independently of all the rest).
2. It may not be necessary to unlink the header/footer if the different content you want reflects content in the document, such as a chapter title: you can use a StyleRef field to pick up the current content of a particular style (such as Heading 1) in the header/footer. If you want to leave a given header/footer blank, however, you do have to unlink it.

Answer 2

I'm glad you found it helpful.

Answer 3

This was ABSOLUTELY the most helpful response that I could have received! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Rebecca Smoot