Word assumes that you want to make all your documents’ headers and footers the same, and that will likely be the case most of the time. However, you saw in the previous section that it’s sometimes useful to have two (or more) different page number formats.

Another common scenario is having a unique header and/or footer on the first page of the document or the first page of a section. As an example, examine this book. As you can see, each page has a header that displays the
page number and other data, such as the chapter number and name.

However, if you turn to the first page of any chapter, you see that the header doesn’t appear. This is a common setup in all forms of publishing. As another example, you might have a document that includes instructions on how to use the document or notes explaining other document data.

It makes sense to place this text in the first page header or footer, but it’s wasteful to repeat it on every page. Whatever your needs, you can configure the document to use a first page header and footer that’s different from the headers and footers in the rest of the document or section:

1. Position the cursor in the section with which you want to work. (If your document has only one section, you can place the cursor anywhere you like.)
2. Choose Insert and then choose either Header, Edit Header or Footer, Edit Footer.
3. Under Header & Footer Tools, click to activate the Design, Different First Page check box.

You can now configure a unique header or footer for the first page of the document or section.

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