so you want mirrored headers/footers with different chapter title pages in Microsoft Word (a guide to save your life)
"Why does unchecking Link to Previous never work?!"
Do not worry. I got your back.
What you have is a document that includes chapter header formatting and a title/intro section which requires separate formatting from the rest of your manuscript.
Let me tell you guys something important.
In Word, chapter header formatting is only for use in the navigation pane and generating the table of contents. Chapter headings have nothing to do with sections.
And to get the sexy formatting you want, you have to use sections.
Double click near top/bottom of page to open the header/footer screen and you will see what I mean.
My chapter titles are covered up by the header/footer box but as you can see, even though there are chapter headings, the section does not change. After the TOC, it's all just "section 2."
To work with sections:
Click on this dude or on Windows press Ctrl+Shift+8.
This will make section breaks appear in your text.
Now that you can see section breaks, you can manually delete them.
In order to add section breaks, go over here:
In Word, there are two main kinds of breaks: page breaks, and section breaks.
A page break comes in a couple of forms (like column breaks and page breaks) and basically has nothing to do with sections! It just shoves text ahead to the next page/column if you'd like it to do so. For example, when most people start a new chapter in a book, there will be a page break so the new chapter starts on the next page.
A section break is what we are after. You can use a next page section or a continuous section, it don't matter. I start my chapters on the next page so I tend to use continuous section break + regular page break to accomplish this.
Ok, now here is what you do.
Right before page 1 of your manuscript starts, make sure there is a section break. (For most people this will be immediately after the table of contents)
Then, add a section break just before each chapter begins.
It's ok to have multiple sections in your front matter. My chapter 1 usually starts in section 5 or 6 somehow. But make sure that each chapter is its own section. Check on this by opening the headers/footers tab and looking to see that the section count progresses with each chapter heading:
(Sometimes when opening header/footer, your text gets smushed and you get a temporary blank page or two until you close headers/footers. That is normal. No worries there.)
Note how every time there is a new section break, the next page begins on a new section.
Now it is time to check those cool boxes to get the fancy formatting started.
Select your Chapter 1 page, or whatever page 1 you have where you want your page count to begin after your introductory materials.
Click these things in the design tab:
Different first page ✅
Different odd and even pages ✅
Please notice what has changed!
The header/footer sections used to just say:
Header -Section 1-
Footer -Section 1-
and so on.
NOW IT SAYS:
First Page Header -Section 1-
First Page Footer -Section 1-
Even Page Header -Section 1-
Even Page Footer -Section 1-
Odd Page Header -Section 1-
Odd Page Footer -Section 1-
(Of course, if your chapters are tiny like in this example, you may not have 3 whole pages per section, but you get the idea).
Now here is the thing.
As far as Microsoft Word is concerned, you now have six (6) unique header/footer categories.
What this means is, If you go to your First Page Header -Section 1- and uncheck "Link to Previous," it will only unlink the header of the first page of the section. It will not unlink the headers of your even pages. It will not unlink the headers of your odd pages. And it will not do a single thing to any footers.
Go through and find the first time each of the six categories appear. Uncheck/deactivate "Link to Previous" for all six categories (first/even/odd headers and footers).
Basically, if the first time you see Odd Page Footer is in chapter 3, then unlink that first instance from the previous section.
You will be able to tell you were successful because the "Same as Previous box will disappear!!
(Oops! I still need to uncheck Link to Previous for my Even Page Footer -Section 2-)
Only do this for the first time you see each type of category (in other words, do not unlink all your sections from each other - just unlink the first time you see that category type).
Now that all 6 of your chapter one header/footers are unlinked, you can add in your header/footer content!
OH NO, I added a page number, and! The page number appeared in my table of contents! :(
If the header/footer content autofills in your front matter, it is because you did not properly unlink that header/footer category. Open header/footer view and look for the box that says "Same as Previous." Make sure that box GOES AWAY for the first instance of each of the 6 categories.
Basically, what we are doing is finding the first time these categories appear in your manuscript, and telling Word, "hey!! This specific little box is the first time in the document you will put a header or footer on any even/odd/first page, and not only that, but every single even/odd/first page after this is going to follow this pattern :)"
Now as you edit your headers/footers, remember:
What you do on even pages will not change odd pages or first pages.
What you do on first pages will not change even or odd pages.
If you want to totally reformat your headers/footers, you must find and edit six total header/footer boxes.
We're almost done! Microsoft Word is dumb in many ways, but in one way it is smart. Go to the first time your automatically generated page number appears in your header/footer.
For me this, is always page 2 because I do not put the page numbers on chapter title pages.
Highlight your page number and go to Page Number > Format Page Number and select "Start at: 1". Even if the first time your page number appears is on page 2, Microsoft Word will begin counting from the start of this section.
And that's all you need to do.
Hey, binding multiple books together in one document and you need to restart at page 1 in the middle? Go to where your next book begins and unlink from previous just like before :)
Wow, look! By adding in appropriate section breaks before each chapter header and unlinking the first instances of all 6 header/footer categories, now my entire manuscript will autofill with my custom mirrored formatting using a unique first page formatting for each chapter break.
And if I want more blank pages without fussing with sections, I can simply use the page break function to increase white space!
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