Note that the button becomes de-selected. So when you delete from page 7 to the end, you are deleting, in the middle of that material, the section break at the end of section 2.
And, the blank header in Section 3 is not linked to the header in Section 2. On the Design tab in the Header & Footer Tools area of the Ribbon, click the “Link To Previous” button. Section 3 has no header (ie no content in the primary header). Now, double-click the header or footer area (depending on what you’re removing) on the page where you want to remove it. While it’s not obvious, the action you just took created a section break where your cursor was placed, and started your new section on the next page. On the dropdown menu, click the “Next Page” option. Switch to the “Layout” on the Ribbon, and then click the “Breaks” button. In your document, place your cursor at the very end of the page right before the page where you want to remove the header or footer. For example, if you want to remove the header or footer on page 12, place your cursor at the end of page 11. So first, you’ll need to create a separate section in the document (even if it’s just for one page), and then you’ll need to change the page layout for that new section to landscape orientation. Word’s page layout features apply to whole sections of the document, and by default, your document is one large section. Unfortunately, you can’t just tell Word to change the layout of a single page (and headers and footers are considered part of the layout). Removing a header or footer for any page other than your first page requires a bit more work.
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How to Delete a Header or Footer on Other Pages in Your Word Document You can type different information there if you want, or you can just leave it blank. This action removes the header and footer from the first page. On the Design tab of that section, select the “Different First Page” check box. This also activates the Header & Footer Tools section on Word’s Ribbon. Here’s how to remove it.ĭouble click the header or footer area to make it active. Usually, that’s because it’s a title page. Very often, you won’t want your header or footer to show up on the first page of your document. How to Delete a Header or Footer on the First Page of Your Document