To create a custom cover page, simply add a section break on the first page of the document. If you do, the document then has three footers: copy one into the other two (then remember to move the page number so it If you want alternating headers and footers suitable for double-sided impression, you will need to enable 'different odd and even'. If you do, the document will have two footers and you will need to copy one into the other (or cross-reference them). If you want a special header on the first page, you need to enable 'Different first page'. The running header or running footer is the only way to achieve that. If your document has only one header and footer, the footer will indeed run right through the document and appear on every page. A left page footer will appear on every left page to the end of the section, or the end of the document. I think you may have misunderstood my explanation of headers and footers. I have produced major documents direct to press from Word: it's more capable than it looks, if you know it well. But there is no design tool that normal office knowledge workers know how to use.
