Header Headaches

[Joe McGuire]

I got the header headache again. I have a multipage legal document with
Vertical lines on either side and page numbers. All of this is set in a
header starting on page 1. No problem there. But when I get to section 2 I
can't seem to get rid of the header without deleting it for section 1. I
don't want the header in section 2 (or additional sections), in part because
the formatting of those sections is usually different, e.g., landscape vs.
portrait orientation. I can't make any sense out of the Link to Previous
whichamacallit.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

You can never get rid of the "header area" in a document once it's
been used (even if you delete everything that was in it), but all you
have to do is uncheck "Link to Previous" or "Same As Previous" in the
header for your second section, and delete anything that might be in
it. Be sure to do this for the as many as three different headers that
can exist in a section (first page, left page, right page).

If the header area appears to be interfering with the text area, go to
Page Setup and reduce the Header and Footer Margins to 0 for the
section(s) involved.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Joe,

When you insert a new Section the headers and footers are automatically
linked to the preceding section. First break the link (go to the header in
section 2) and click the "Link to Previous" command and then delete the
header contents. If your page layout includes different first page or
different odd and even pages then repeat this process in the Section 2 first
page, primary page, and even page headers.

 

[Joe McGuire]

Thanks! That solved the problem.

Joe,

When you insert a new Section the headers and footers are automatically
linked to the preceding section. First break the link (go to the header
in section 2) and click the "Link to Previous" command and then delete the
header contents. If your page layout includes different first page or
different odd and even pages then repeat this process in the Section 2
first page, primary page, and even page headers.