2nd page background image different than 1 page...is it possible?

[Frank Hughes]

I am setting up our company letterhead in Word. I used the Background Image
feature to set our logo at the top, a watermarked "swoosh" in the middle of
the page (no, we're not Nike!), and our address info at the bottom.

The first page is perfect!

I want to setup all the following pages to have a different look. I set the
'different first page' option and setup the second page by simply placing a
couple of logos in the footer. Now I need to add just the swoosh to the
following pages. When I add the swoosh through the Background Image
feature, the following pages look fine, but the first page has the second
swoosh (for a total of 2 swooshi on the first page).

Why isn't the "different first page" feature kicking in for the Background
Image? Any workarounds?

TIA

Frank Hughes
BellSolutions.net

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm (A header can include
images in the background.) This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also
has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download/index.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789729555/balancecheckbookA/

Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.

Hope this helps,