The "Design" tab is missing in Word 2007

Ron · External Since: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 295

All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the DESIGN tab
but I do not have one.

Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It could
not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about setting tabs.
Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in HELP to understand what
the user wants.

After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the heck did
Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?

macropod · External Since: Jan 10, 2009 Posts: 105

Hi Ron,

I assume you mean the Developer tab, in which case, it's not missing - you just haven't activated it!

Go to Word Options|Popular and check the 'Show Developer tab in Ribbon' option.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]

"Ron" <Ron.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9755D8D0-C99F-4C5B-B881-56C26DC5F2A6@microsoft.com...
> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the DESIGN tab
> but I do not have one.
>
> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It could
> not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about setting tabs.
> Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in HELP to understand what
> the user wants.
>
> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the heck did
> Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?

Gordon · External Since: Mar 09, 2009 Posts: 210

"Ron" <Ron DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9755D8D0-C99F-4C5B-B881-56C26DC5F2A6@microsoft.com...
> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the DESIGN
> tab
> but I do not have one.
>
> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It could
> not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about setting tabs.
> Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in HELP to understand
> what
> the user wants.
>
> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the heck
> did
> Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?

The "Design" tab only appears if you have got a Table. To re-iterate what
Macropod said - do you really mean the Developer tab?
And in any case, you don't need either of those tabs to create a Header on
the first page. AFAIK....

Terry Farrell · External Since: Dec 08, 2003 Posts: 1582

You need to go to Page Setup and choose Different First Page. Then you will
have two separate H&F, one for the first page of each section and one for
the other pages of each section.

I am sure that someone who has exclusively used a CRT TV purchased in 1990
would experience the same difficulties having a DIGITAL flat screen TV
suddenly dumped on them! Life moves on.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Ron" <Ron.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9755D8D0-C99F-4C5B-B881-56C26DC5F2A6@microsoft.com...
> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the DESIGN
> tab
> but I do not have one.
>
> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It could
> not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about setting tabs.
> Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in HELP to understand
> what
> the user wants.
>
> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the heck
> did
> Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4677

The Design tab is context sensitive. It will appear if your cursor is in a
table

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Ron wrote:
> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the
> DESIGN tab but I do not have one.
>
> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It
> could not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about
> setting tabs. Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in
> HELP to understand what the user wants.
>
> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the
> heck did Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?

Yves Dhondt · External Since: Apr 05, 2009 Posts: 22

It will also appear if your cursor is in a Word 2007 equation.

Yves

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor.DeleteThis@REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
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> The Design tab is context sensitive. It will appear if your cursor is in a
> table
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
> Ron wrote:
>> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the
>> DESIGN tab but I do not have one.
>>
>> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It
>> could not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about
>> setting tabs. Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in
>> HELP to understand what the user wants.
>>
>> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the
>> heck did Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?
>
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 24065

I believe what you are looking for is the contextual Header & Footer Tools |
Design tab. This will appear when the insertion point is in the header or
footer. Double-click in the header area to open the header, and the Design
tab will be displayed. On that tab, check the box for "Different first
page," which will give you a separate First Page Header and First Page
Footer.

For more on headers and footers, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ron" <Ron DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9755D8D0-C99F-4C5B-B881-56C26DC5F2A6@microsoft.com...
> All I want is a header on page 1 and the HELP file says to use the DESIGN
> tab
> but I do not have one.
>
> Why is Microsoft HELP only useful if you know what you are doing? It could
> not parse Design Tab missing gave me pages of garbage about setting tabs.
> Obviously a user critical KEYWORD field is needed in HELP to understand
> what
> the user wants.
>
> After 19 years using Winword 1 in 1990 to Office 2003 now, why the heck
> did
> Microsoft dump 19 years of user intuative experience?
>