Why isn't my footer working?
I apologize if this is answered here but I couldn't find it. Here is the issue:
I am trying to have a front page with our company logo in the header of the first page only and with page numbers from page 2 onward. I followed the various instruction guides and tried different methods. When I just click USE A DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE I can't see the second header and footer to break the link. When I insert a SECTION BREAK I can break the link for the header and footer but when I type on the first page the second header moves as I type so PAGE 2 footer goes away when I get to PAGE 3 where it begins numbering at PAGE 3 and when I get to page four there are no pages numbers until PAGE 4. What am I doing wrong?
I am trying to have a front page with our company logo in the header of the first page only and with page numbers from page 2 onward. I followed the various instruction guides and tried different methods. When I just click USE A DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE I can't see the second header and footer to break the link. When I insert a SECTION BREAK I can break the link for the header and footer but when I type on the first page the second header moves as I type so PAGE 2 footer goes away when I get to PAGE 3 where it begins numbering at PAGE 3 and when I get to page four there are no pages numbers until PAGE 4. What am I doing wrong?
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You are right. Though I have written dozens of Word VBA macros, I have never understood page breaks and so have not used them in my programming. Could you explain one thing to me? All the instructions I read said to insert a SECTION NEXT PAGE at the end a page, meaning I think, the last line on page 1. Is this why my SECTION BREAK is "floating" along with my text so that at the end of a ten page document only page 10 has a PAGE 10 footer?
I see that I missed your last clarification question.
A Next Page Section Break creates a new section and forces a new page. Notionally, the break 'belongs' to the first of the two sections, so that is where is appears in the Page Layout view.
If you insert such a section break in the middle of an already-existing page, the second part of the text will appear on a new page. Inserting the break just where the page overflows (or to replace an existing manual page break) shouldn't cause a new page to be created.
A Next Page Section Break creates a new section and forces a new page. Notionally, the break 'belongs' to the first of the two sections, so that is where is appears in the Page Layout view.
If you insert such a section break in the middle of an already-existing page, the second part of the text will appear on a new page. Inserting the break just where the page overflows (or to replace an existing manual page break) shouldn't cause a new page to be created.
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