Word 2010 header "different first page" option does not work if you select the same built-in header preset?

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Published on 2014-05-30T01:15:56Z Indexed on 2014/05/30 9:31 UTC
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I have a three page Word 2010 document. I have set a header on the first page and marked the "different first page" option to make the follow page headers different. It works as expected so long as I don't select the same built-in header preset for the following pages.

Here's what I am doing:

  1. Check mark different first page.
  2. Make the header for the first page using Alphabet preset.
  3. Attempt to make the header for the following pages by starting with the same Alphabet preset. I only want to change the text of the following headers but still want the same graphical effects.
  4. Click off the header into the body of the document. Upon doing this the headers on the first page are updated to the ones I just made for the following pages.

I don't I am doing something wrong because I can choose a different header preset and it will work as expected. If I select the same preset, however, it updates all headers, whether the "different on first page" is selected or not.

If this is repeatable on others' computers the I would say it's a word bug. If not then please help me figure out how to get this working right.

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