Header linked to unrelated header

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Jprince

Hi,

I have set up headers to include chapter headings. There is a glitch, however.

The header of one section appears to be linked to a header in an unrelated
section earlier in the document. If I change the chapter name in one, it
changes in the other.

--The headers are not linked in Word.

--To put the chapter name in the header initially, I inserted a field for
the chapter name.

--The field is based on the Title field in File>Properties.

I'm concerned that it is a bug in my template.

As a workaround, I have unlinked all of my sections. But now the developers
who use the template have to manually update the guide name (also a field in
the header) in every section.

Can anyone give me some suggestions for troubleshooting and fixing the
problem, please?

Thanks,

Jean
 
S

Stefan Blom

How are you inserting chapter names in headers? If you were using the
StyleRef field, you wouldn't need any section breaks at all (unless
other header/footer contents differ between sections). See the "How to
insert a StyleRef field" section of the article at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.

If you do need multiple headers, you have to consider the fact that,
in Word, each section can have up to three different headers (and
footers), namely, if "Different odd and even" and "Different first
page" are both checked in File | Page Setup, Layout tab. And
linking/unlinking must be done separately for each type of header
(footer). For more, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
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Charles Kenyon

You do not need section breaks to change your headers; you may be using them
for a different purpose. Look into the StyleRef field.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

--To put the chapter name in the header initially, I inserted a field for
the chapter name.

--The field is based on the Title field in File>Properties.
Click to expand...

There can be only one Title property in a given document. If your header
contains a TITLE field, then of course it will be the same for all chapters.
As others have suggested, a StyleRef field is probably what you're looking
for instead.
 
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Jprince

Thanks to everyone who replied. Clearly, I was very confused.

I had added the title to headers using File>Properties. On the Summary tab,
I typed the guide's title in the Title field. However, I found that the title
was not updating in the headers for whatever reason.

Instead, I have now inserted fields on the cover page and in the headers.
For each field, I chose StyleRef, and then selected the style for the
document title. It works now.

Thanks again everybody,
Jean
 
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