Page Layout ⇒ Different Header/footer on first page

[cirasj]

This may be a novice question. I am creating stationary and would like to have a different header and footer on the first page. I can do this in MS Word and am having a difficult time doing it with LaTeX even after reading article for the last 3 days.

Question 1: How can I have a different header and footer on the first page?
Question 2: Why are the margins I set up in the preamble not being carried over to the second+ pages?

\setlength\topmargin{-0.5in}
\setlength\headheight{14.5pt}
\setlength\headsep{.75in}
\setlength\textheight{8.5in}
\setlength\textwidth{6.5in}
\setlength\oddsidemargin{-.125in}
\setlength\evensidemargin{0in}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\chead{\includegraphics...}
\cfoot{...}

\begin{document}

This is example text for the first page of my document.
\newpage

\thispagestyle{fancy}{
\fancyfoot[c]{RANOR, INC.}
\fancyhead{}}

This is second page text.\\

I would like the rest of the document to look like this page.

\end{document}

[localghost]

[...] Attached is the code. [...]

It seems that you have forgotten to attach the code.

[...] How can I have a different header and footer on the first page?

Take a look at the titlesec package. It allows to define many different page styles with an easy to use interface.

[...] Why are the margins I set up in the preamble not being carried over to the second+ pages?

Page dimensions should be set with the geometry package. Prepare a minimal working example (MWE) of your recent efforts.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[cirasj]

Here is the example.

...
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\chead{\includegraphics[width=0.35\textwidth]{file.name}}
\cfoot{RANOR, INC. \\ 1 Bella Drive, Westminster MA 01473 \\ www.ranor.com}
...
Then I use this to create my second page. Is there a way of reversing the layout?

\thispagestyle{fancy}{
\fancyfoot[c]{RANOR, INC.}
\fancyhead{}}

[cirasj]

I am going to change my question. How can I have the footer change automatically. I see in the fancyhdr and tilesec packages the I need to specify sections.

Can I use the /newpagestyle command to add a first page footer and then let my global format take over? Will the /newpagestyle be used only for the page it is on or does it make new global attributes? It was not clear to me in the documentation.