Good morning Suzanne--

Yes and no this helps. For whatever silly reason, the concept of removing
the "page break before" from only the first incidence of Heading 1 had never
occurred to me, so that certainly is potentially useful. It doesn't seem to
solve this problem, however.

Try as I might, I cannot get a 2nd blank page which starts a 2nd section and
has its own first page header and footer.

Let me try again to make it crystal clear what I want to achieve:

-- I want a first page which is a title page
-- I want a second page which is completely blank
-- I want my text pages to begin on page three

-- I would like the first page to have its own unique header and footer
-- I would like neither a header nor a footer on the 2nd page
-- and I would like different odd- and even-page headers and footers for all
text pages from page 3 onwards.

Here's what I tried this morning in an attempt to obtain the above:

I cleared all breaks to make sure I was starting clean. At that point I
tried inserting a variety of section breaks (one-by-one, clearing any
previous attempts). I tried an "odd page" section break in combination with
manually clearing the "page break before" on the first Heading 1, and, sure
enough, a single blank page was inserted. Thought I'd got it, but spoke too
soon:

The blank page added doesn't seem to be 'recognized' by Word in Page Layout
view although its visible in Print Preview. Since I read somewhere that of
the two, Print Preview is more reliable, that didn't really concern me.

However, in terms of headers and footers, I cannot seem to access what to me
is the first page of Section 2, i.e., the blank second page!

My headers read as follows:

First Page Header  -Section 1- (page 1/22)
First Page Header  -Section 2- (page 3/22)
Even Page Header -Section 2- (page 4/22)

So I HAVE a First Page Headers for both sections, and yet the one for the
second section insists on falling on the wrong page -- I want it on the blank
second page!

I got essentially the same results with the other breaks I tried. While I
admit to getting yet again a bit dizzy with it all, I believe I tried every
possible combination of breaks and placement (should the break be put at the
end of the text of the title page? should the break be put at the beginning
of the text of Heading 1? should the break be put 1 space back from the
beginning of the text of Heading 1, i.e., "upon" the heading numbering
itself?)

Endless frustration over here. Again, a general plea for help ...

Thanks.