How do I stop the header on my letterhead from printing on each page?

May 2, 2004 11:22 AM

How do I stop the header on my letterhead from printing on each page? I use Word 2000.
posted by Juicylicious to writing & language (7 comments total)

You can insert a "section break," and remove the header for the pages you want to be blank.
posted by Khalad at 11:30 AM on May 2, 2004

That doesn't seem to work. The header still remains on the second page. Argh!
posted by Juicylicious at 11:46 AM on May 2, 2004

You want to open up the headers and footers toolbar (view menu), select Document Layout (it's an icon of an open book), and then select different first page.
posted by gokart4xmas at 12:13 PM on May 2, 2004

I tried the different first page and that didn't work either.
posted by Juicylicious at 12:43 PM on May 2, 2004

I'm going to ask the obvious: where is your letterhead text stored? In Word's header section? As an include? It could even be pre-printed on to the paper for all we know... Until you tell us that, we're just giving you the obvious answers, which aren't working for you...
posted by JollyWanker at 12:53 PM on May 2, 2004

I haven't used that in a while but IIRC there is a header/footer selection under "view". Check there and you should be able to suppress or delete the header and/or select which pages you want it on.
posted by tonebarge at 1:22 PM on May 2, 2004

Khalad is on the right track, but there's one more step.

1) create a new section on the page you want the headers to be blank.

2) On the first page to have a blank header, the same page as step 1, double-click on the header to edit it. Find the "do this header like the previous one" button on the edit bar that pops up. It looks like the tops of two pages side-by-side with a arrow linking them. Turn this button off.

3) Now delete the header.

That should do it.
posted by bonehead at 3:16 PM on May 2, 2004