If you run into a conditional header or footer request that you can't handle, take a look at Word fields. They're not magic, but it kind of feels like magic when they do what you want.

Adding headers and footers to a Microsoft Word document is easy, even if you have a mix of header needs. Susan Harkins will show you how.

If you are only trying to create a different header for the first page, Word make things a lot easier. Just check the "Different First Page" option on the toolbar while editing any header.

Click on the Design tab, and then click Different First Page. This allows you to add your running head to the title page only. Type the desired running head in the header field.

However, each time I create a new header, it changes my previous headers. What’s the solution to creating different headers? A. As a default in Word, all subsequent headers and footers link to the ...