Wherever you are in your document when you create a header or footer, it is automatically inserted at the very beginning of your Word document. If you do not want your header or footer to appear on the first page of your document, click Page Setup on the Header and Footer toolbar. Select the Different first page box. Create a blank header by closing the toolbar with no text entered in the header text area. Click on Show Next to go to the header for the rest of your document.
Academic papers are, by default, double-spaced.
Click in either the B efore or Aft e r Spacing box, and select the distance you want either before or after the selected paragraph. MS Word automatically moves you onto a new page when you reach the bottom margin. This will move you onto a new page. Select the Layout tab and click in the V ertical Alignment box and select Center . The Justified option will spread your text vertically between the top and bottom margins of your page.