Bottom Border for Headers?

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Berlie

How can I create a bottom border below on all headers in a section except the
first page?

I can see how to create a page border that places a border above the headers
but not below them.

I tried inserting a bottom border in the header view but it does not place a
border under the entire header area and on the odd (? may have been the even)
pages it doesn't go under the page numbers.

Any suggestions?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

To have a different header on the first page of a section (different in any
way, including borders), you must check the "Different first page" box on
the Layout tab of Page Setup. This gives you a separate First Page Header in
which you can insert different text or format it differently. For more, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm
 
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Berlie

Thank you,

I understood how to make the first page header different, but how do I add a
bottom border to the headers?
 
B

Berlie

Thank yo for the help,

I put up an image to try to help explain the problem I am trying to solve.
When I do add the border to the header style this is the result I get:
http://berlie.com/headerborder.gif

As you can see the border doesn't extend underneath the page numbers
properly. What I am trying to do is have it like this but have the border
extend out across the entire bottom of the header including the page numbers.
 
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Stefan Blom

Did you insert the page number via Insert>Page Numbers? If so, Word
put it inside a little frame. Also, Word seems to add some right
indent to the paragraph in the header when inserting the frame. You
can set the indent back to zero in Format>Paragraph to make the border
extend to the right margin.

Alternatively, with the cursor inside the header area, instead of
using a paragraph border, draw a line using the Line button on the
Drawing toolbar.
 

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