How Do I Make Letterheads In Word?

Q: Can someone tell me how I can make letterheads in word... I'm not sure if letterhead is the right word... but what I need is this: I want to write business letters... Where on the first page I have a business logo, address etc at the top somewhere... But... for any subsequent pages... I only want to have a small logo in the top corner and maybe a small footer (or something similar)... It's probably really simple... But how do I do it!?

A: The following procedure is the most efficient for what you want to do (not necessarily the most intuitive). Once you understand what you're doing, however, you will see that this is the right way to go about it. 1. You definitely don't want to go to all this trouble with every letter you write, so you want to create a template that you can base the letters on. If you don't know how to create a template, see http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm 2. In your new template, View | Header and Footer. In the Header put what you want to appear on the second and subsequent pages when there are any. You'll probably want to include a page number; there's an Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar that will do this with one click. 3. When you have completed this header, press the Page Setup button on the Header and Footer toolbar and check the box for "Different first page" on the Layout tab. 4. When you return to the header pane, you'll see that you're now in the First Page Header. The Header you just so carefully created will have disappeared. But Word has not forgotten it. Whenever your letter runs to a second page, it will use that header for that page and the rest (trust me on this). If you are skeptical, insert a manual page break (Ctrl+Enter) in the body of the template so that you can see your second-page header on page 2. Don't forget to delete the page break before saving the template. 5. Create your letterhead in the First Page Header. 6. Since you're setting up a template for letters, you might want to include a CreateDate field at the top; then you won't have to insert the current date when you begin a new letter; Word will do it for you. Although the template itself will always have the date you created it, your

letters will have the date they were created (though you won't necessarily see this until you print or Print Preview or do something else to update the field). You may also want to insert dummy paragraphs for the Inside Address and Salutation, and if you use the same Complimentary Close consistently, go ahead and put that in, along with your Signature. There are built-in styles for Date, Salutation, Closing, and Signature, and you can modify these to your preferences and add others for other parts of your letter. 7. Save the template (Word will automatically put it in the right place). When you want to write a letter, choose this template from the File | New dialog.