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I found various threads on the Web from people complaining about Command Not Found errors when using macros that change Word's headers and footers.

The solution seems to be to repaginate every time you change a header/footer pair. (Of course, it could just be a timing issue, but repaginating does seem to work.)

Here is some example VBA code that sets the headers and footers for all sections to match those of the first:

    Dim mySection As Section
    Dim myHeaderFooter As HeaderFooter
    For Each mySection In ActiveDocument.Range.Sections
        
        If mySection.index > 1 Then
            For Each myHeaderFooter In mySection.Headers
                If myHeaderFooter.Exists Then
                    myHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = True
                End If
            Next myHeaderFooter
            For Each myHeaderFooter In mySection.Footers
                If myHeaderFooter.Exists Then
                    myHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = True
                End If
            Next myHeaderFooter
        End If
        
        ActiveDocument.Repaginate ' prevent potential Command Not Available error
    Next mySection

Without the Repaginate call on the penultimate line I was getting Command Not Found errors when setting LinkToPrevious to True; with the repagination, it worked okay.