how to remove header from second page

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This wikiHow teaches you how to set up a Microsoft Office document so that a header only appears on the first page instead of on all of the document's pages.

Steps

1

Open your Microsoft Office document. Double-click the file (typically a Microsoft Word document) that you want to edit to open it.
2

Click Insert . It's at the top of the window. This will prompt the Insert toolbar to appear at the top of the window.

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3

Click Header . This is in the "Header & Footer" section of the toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
4
Click Edit header . It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu. The toolbar at the top of the window will display your header's options.
- If you haven't yet added a header, first click the header template you want to use in the drop-down menu, enter your header text, and double-click the "Header" tab below the header text.
5
Check the "Different First Page" box. This is in the "Options" section of the toolbar.
- If this box is already checked, skip this step and the next one.
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Change your first page's header if necessary. If checking the "Different First Page" box removes or alters the header on your first page, adjust the first page header's text before proceeding.
7
Remove the header from the second page. Scroll down to the second page, then delete the header text from the top of the second page.
- This will also remove the header from the top of any page other than the first page in the document.
8

Click Close Header and Footer . This red "X" icon is on the far-right side of the toolbar that's at the top of the document. Doing so closes the "Header" text field.
9

Save your document. Press Ctrl+S (Windows) or ⌘ Command+S (Mac) to do so.

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What if I tried to delete the header on the second page, but it has deleted it from all pages?

A header is meant to be across all pages in a document. Under header and footer settings, check the box that says "Different First Page" and the first page will have its own header.
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My text starts with a one word section heading. I inserted a page break to get the real text to start on page three. A header caption appears on the blank page three. How do I get rid of it?

Delete it, its' very simple, i reccomend using the delete button rather than left clicking
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How do I make the second page header smaller than the first page?

All you have to do is go to the tool box, highlight the word you want to be smaller and just make the size smaller.