WD: Creating Template with First Page or Odd/Even Header/Footer

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains the necessary steps to create a one-page Word template that contains:

• A different first page header and footer

      -or-
  

• A different odd and even page header and footer

      -or-
  

• A different first page header and footer with different odd and even page headers and footers

Method 1: Different First Page Header and Footer

1. Create a new Word document by clicking New on the Standard toolbar.

2. Insert a Page Break by pressing CTRL+ENTER once.

   This will create a two-page document.

3. Position the insertion point on page one by pressing CTRL+HOME.

4. On the View menu, click Header And Footer.

5. Click the Page Setup button on the Header And Footer toolbar, and click the Layout tab.

6. Click to select the Different First Page option. From the Section Start list, select New Page, and then click OK.

7. Use the following steps to create the headers and footers:

         a. Create the first page header in the First Page Header area.
         
         b. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            And Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the First
            Page Footer area.
         
         c. Create the first page footer.
         
         d. Press PAGE DOWN to position the insertion point in the Header
            area, and then create the page header for the second and
            subsequent pages.
         
         e. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            and Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the Footer
            area. Create the page footer for the second and subsequent pages.
   
   

8. To return to your document, click the Close button on the Header and Footer toolbar.

9. Delete the page break from the document and Save the document in Document Template file format.

Method 2: Different Odd and Even Headers and Footers

1. Create a new Word document by clicking New on the Standard toolbar and insert two page breaks in the document by pressing CTRL+ENTER twice.

   This will create a three page document.

2. Position the insertion point on page one by pressing CTRL+HOME.

3. On the View menu, click Header And Footer.

4. Click the Page Setup button on the Header And Footer toolbar, and click the Layout tab.

5. Select the "Different Odd and Even" option. From the Section Start list, select New Page, and then click OK.

6. Use the following steps to create the odd and even page headers and footers:

         a. Create the odd page header in the Odd Page Header area.
         
         b. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            And Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the Even
            Page Footer area.
         
         c. Create the Even Page Footer.
   
   

7. To return to your document, click the Close button on the Header and Footer toolbar.

8. Delete all the page breaks from the document.

9. Save the document in Document Template file format.

Method 3: Different First Page and Odd/Even Headers and Footers

1. Create a new Word document by clicking New on the Standard toolbar.

2. Insert two page breaks by pressing CTRL+ENTER twice.

   This will create a three page document.

3. Position the insertion point on page one by pressing CTRL+HOME.

4. On the View menu, click Header And Footer.

5. Click the Page Setup button on the Header And Footer toolbar.

6. Select the Layout tab.

7. Select the "Different Odd and Even" and "Different First Page" options. From the Section Start list, select New Page, and then click OK.

8. Use the following steps to create the first page and odd and even page headers and footers:

         a. Create the first page header in the First Page Header area.
         
         b. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            And Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the First
            Page Footer area.
         
         c. Create the first page footer.
         
         d. Press PAGE DOWN to position the insertion point in the Even Page
            Header area.
         
         e. Create the even page header.
         
         f. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            And Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the Even
            Page Footer area.
         
         g. Create the even page footer.
         
         h. Press PAGE DOWN to position the insertion point in the Odd Page
            Header area.
         
         i. Create the odd page header.
         
         j. Click the "Switch Between Header and Footer" button on the Header
            and Footer toolbar to position the insertion point in the Odd Page
            Footer area.
         
         k. Create the odd page footer.
   
   

9. To return to your document, click the Close button on the Header and Footer toolbar.

10. Delete all the page breaks from the document.

11. Save the document in Document Template file format.

REFERENCES

Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition

For more information about headers and footers, click the Office Assistant, type "How do I create a header," click Search, and then click to view "Create Headers and Footers."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Word 7.0

For additional help, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu, type in "How do create a header", and click Search.

Word 6.0

For additional help, click "Search for help on" on the Help menu. Type in the word "header". Select the topic "Creating and deleting" under "Headers and Footer", and click Display. Then select "Create headers and footers" and click Display.

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 234-242