Microsoft KB Archive/68075

Word 5.50: First Page Header or Footer Does Not Print

PSS ID Number: Q68075 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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If a header or footer is formatted to appear on the first page and odd and even pages are not selected (in the Format Header/Footer dialog box), the header or footer will not preview or print if the page numbers are formatted to start at a number other than 1 or auto.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) From the Format menu, choose Header/Footer.
 * 2) In the “Format as” option box, select header or footer. In the “Print on” check box, select First Page. Make sure that Even Pages and Odd Pages are not selected.
 * 3) From the Insert menu, choose Page Numbers. In the Page Number Position option box, select From Top or From Bottom, and type in any number greater than 1.

If you follow these steps, the header or footer will not print or preview. This behavior differs from previous versions of Word.

Possible workarounds include the following methods:

Method 1

 * 1) In your document, type in the running header/footer text. From the Format menu, choose Header/Footer, and select Odd Pages and Even Pages in the “Print on” check box.
 * 2) From the Insert menu, choose Page Numbers, and type in the number that you want page numbering to begin with in the “Start at:” text box.
 * 3) From the Insert menu, choose Break, and select Continuous in the Type of Section Break option box.
 * 4) Position the cursor below the inserted section break. From the Insert menu, choose Page Numbers, and select Auto in the “Start at:” field (Auto will allow the page numbering to continue across the section break).

The above steps will allow for the same header or footer from the first page to carry on throughout the document with page numbering starting at a number greater than 1.

If a different header or footer is needed on page 2 and successive pages of your document, type the header or footer text below the inserted section break and format the text for odd and even pages using the Format Header/Footer command.

Method 2
The following is another method to allow for a header or footer with numbering on the first page starting at a number greater than 1:


 * 1) Type the header or footer on the first page. From the Format menu, choose Position, and fill in the values you want in the Position dialog box.
 * 2) From the Insert menu, choose Page Numbers, and type the number you want page numbering to start with in the “Start at:” text box.
 * 3) From the Insert menu, choose Break, and select Next Page in the Type of Section Break option box.
 * 4) Position the cursor below the inserted section break. From the Insert menu, choose Page Numbers, and select Auto in the “Start at:” text box.

The above steps will allow for a header or footer on page 1 with continuous numbering throughout the document. To place a header or footer on page 2, type the text just below the section break and format the text for odd and even pages using the Format Header/Footer command.

Method 3
The following workaround doesn’t scramble the page numbering. It works best for formatting a chapter where the first page of the chapter starts on a new page.


 * 1) On the first line of section, create the header (or footer) that will appear only on the first page of that section.
 * 2) From the Format menu, choose Section. In the Section Start drop-down list, select New Page.
 * 3) On the line following the header you just created, insert a section break (from the Insert menu, choose Break).
 * 4) Position the cursor on the line below the section break you just inserted. From the Format menu, choose Section, and select Continuous in the Section Start drop-down list box.
 * 5) Create the header or footer that you want to appear starting on the second page of the section.

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