

Verify that Display footer for this report is not selected. The Report Footer Properties dialog box opens. Right-click the page footer, and then click Footer Properties. While your cursor is in the Header, choose. To hide a page footer on the first or last page Sometimes you need your first page Header to be different from the rest of your paper. In the Print options section, clear the check box for each option to hide the display on the first or last page of the report. Verify that Display header for this report is not selected. The Report Header Properties dialog box opens. To display and edit an existing header or footer quickly, double-click the dimmed header or footer in Print Layout view. Click the Previous button to move to the header or footer area of the previous section.

While in the footer, the ribbon should swap to the header/footer menu and you’ll see the ‘Insert Page Numbers’ button. Right-click the page header, and then click Header Properties. Click the Next button to move to the header or footer area of the next section. Head to the first page you want your numbers to appear on (probably the first page of the first chapter) and double-click on the footer.

To hide a page header on the first or last page You can create and modify paginated report definition (.rdl) files in Microsoft Report Builder, Power BI Report Builder, and in Report Designer in SQL Server Data Tools.
