Formating Based On Page Numbers

[Guest]

I’m trying to format a document I will be using a template. I want the first
page’s margins to be different than the subsequent pages. I know now to do
this using section breaks – my problem is that since it is a template I will
be typing several lines into the first page and this always shifts my section
break down and thus messes up where I want my new formatting to start.

Is there a way to lock the section break or format based on the page
numbers? I’ve tried doing section breaks and protecting just them but they
still get shifted down as I type on the first page.

Help!

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Don't use a section break for this. Instead, choose a "Different
first page" header and footer in File | Page Setup. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm for some basic
steps that you can adapt to your situation.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Don't use section breaks. See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for an alternate method.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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[Charles Kenyon]

Nope, you don't change margins but rather change what is in your headers.
One header, possibly with something that reserves space, for the first page
and a different one for the rest. Take a look at: How to set up letterhead
or some other document where you want one header on the first page and a
different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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