How to Delete or Change the Header or Footer on the First Page of a Document in Microsoft Word

Are you creating a document in MS Word (Mac or PC), and have a title page that you don’t want your main header or footer to be on, or you want a different header or footer to be on the first page of the document? Well, there is an easy way to achieve that:

Here it is:

  1. Open your document
  2. Go to the VIEW menu and select “HEADER and FOOTER”
  3. Look in the TOOLBAR for the HEADER and FOOTER section
  4. Check the box next to “Different First Page”
  5. Either put a different header or footer on the first page, or leave it blank if you don’t want one on the first page
  6. In the document, either in the header or footer, click “close”
  7. Done!

For a video and more detailed instructions, go here.

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