Here is what I did, and I understand this is likely caused by
something I don't understand.  

Word 97

I made a letterhead, the same as the printed letterhead in Word.  I
converted it to a draw object and grouped it so it wouldn't be edited
by accident.  Saved that as a template. So far so good. I can open the
template and type the letter on the template, no problem.   Draw
object at the top.

But what I need to do is make a file for the work for a particular
date, it could be 30 pages, and while SOME of those pages are on
letterhead, some are second sheets and are not.  

This is the snag I have now.  Though I can open the template and type
there is only one letterhead.  And I haven't figured out how to
cut/paste the letterhead draw object.  

I can select the draw pointer from the draw toolbar, select the
letterhead draw object, ctrl-c copy it to clipboard, make a new page
(insert hard page break), ctrl-v to paste it in. And a draw object
appears to paste in correctly, but it is blank.  

Ideally I would like to make a macro or toolbar button, something that
would insert the letterhead in the document on the subsequent pages
that require it.  

What am I doing wrong?  

Why does the draw object paste as blank?

How can I assign insertion of a draw object to a toolbar button, macro
or keystroke?

How can the object be "locked" so it will paste centered on the page
and require no fiddling? I made the draw object the width of the paper
but I am not sure how well that works.  Well, pasting it doesn't seem
to work at all now.