Challenge 1: Removing the Header from Just the Cover Page — Solution Walkthrough

Setting needed: Header & Footer Tools > Options > Different First Page
(checked).

Steps:
  1. Double-click into the header area to enter header-editing mode.
  2. In the Header & Footer Tools ribbon, tick "Different First Page."
  3. Clear the header content specifically on the cover page (Word
     now treats the first page's header as a separate, independent
     area from the rest of the section's header).

Result: the cover page shows no header, while every following page
in the same section keeps showing the regular header content
unchanged.

Why this doesn't require a section break:

"Different First Page" is a per-SECTION option, but it only ever
splits that one section's own first page off as its own special
case — it does not create a second section, and it doesn't touch
margins, orientation, or anything else Chapter 3 covered. The cover
page and the report content can remain genuinely part of the exact
same section the entire time; this checkbox is specifically designed
for exactly this common scenario (a title page needing no running
header) without requiring the heavier structural step of dividing the
document into two sections just to achieve it.

Notes:
- If the cover page ALSO needed different margins or orientation from
  the rest of the document, that would require an actual section
  break (Chapter 3) in addition to this checkbox — but for header/
  footer content alone, "Different First Page" is sufficient on its
  own.