How to make different headers for odd and even pages in Word In long documents, especially when you’re viewing a two-page spread, it’s common to have a different header on odd and even pages.

First, double-click the header area of the main body's first page to activate it, and in the Header And Footer tab on the ribbon, click "Link To Previous" to deselect it.

If you turn off page numbering for the first page of a Word document and then add a new section to page 2, the page number on page 2 disappears! Here's how to get it back.

If page numbers are disappearing in your Microsoft Word document, disable 'Link to Previous', switch to Print Layout view, show white space between pages, etc.