- Click in the section that contains the header or footer you want to make the same as the header or footer in the previous section.
- On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
- If necessary, click Show Previous or Show Next on the Header and Footer toolbar to move to the header or footer you want to change.
- On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Link to Previous to reconnect the header and footer in the current section to those in the previous section.
- Microsoft Word will ask if you want to delete the header and footer and connect to the header and footer in the previous section. Click Yes.