Trying to Create a Cover Page

Question

I am using the Lesson Plan template as provided by Pages '09. I am really trying to like iWork but I often find the simple things are difficult to figure out.
I'm just trying to create a cover page for the lesson plan. There is no Section in the template for cover page so I placed my cursor at the first line of the document, inserted a page break and then tried to format the page.
First thing I did was check on "different front page" from Inspector. But, when I turn off the header and footer for the front page, it turns it off for the whole document.
So I figured I would insert a new section and try to work with it. But, when I insert a section, it puts the new section at the bottom of the document.
What gives here?

Answer 1

First thing I did was check on "different front page" from Inspector. But, when I turn off the header and footer for the front page, it turns it off for the whole document.
Header and/or Footer use is global but their content is local to each section. You either turn them on or leave them off. If on, you can use them or not as you choose on a section-by-section basis.
So I figured I would insert a new section and try to work with it. But, when I insert a section, it puts the new section at the bottom of the document.
Not a problem. Just turn on the "Pages Thumbnail" option if not already on. Then simply grab the newly inserted section/page and drag it to the top of your other section.
Also, when I try to set the page number to start on the 2nd page and start at 1, not 2, it simply does not work. I set it in Inspector to start at 1 but it has no effect.
Not sure I understand the problem here. Page re-numbering is local to the section. If your cover page is in a separate section and you did not insert a page numbering option, then no page number is displayed. If your physical page two is the first page of your main document body and if you turn on the "Page One is Different" and have a page numbering option inserted into the header or footer, then physical page two also shows no page number. However, if page numbering is inserted into a header or footer and your "Page One is Different" setting is turned off, then a page number will be displayed on physical page two. The actual number displayed on physical page two will depend on the "Start at" number you insert in the section numbering Inspector option. (E.g., if starting with 1, then page "1" will appear on physical page two, page "2" will appear on physical page three, etc. if the section "Page One is Different" option is turned off. If turned on, then no page number will appear on physical page two but page "2" will still appear on physical page three, etc.) However, since you cannot start number with a zero or negative number, you cannot have physical page three (i.e., the second page of a section) start off displaying "1" as a page number. If this is what you want to do, then you must insert another "Section Break" on the first page of your current "second section" so you can reset the number of the second page of the former "second section" (now the beginning of a new third section) to "1" and allow that number to be displayed in your header or footer.