diff --git a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
index 32b29c4..03d7898 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ at every height. A flex row cannot reserve width in part of its height, so it mo
 - **Each wrapper names the menu it owns.** One shared open-menu id means every `clickOutside`
   sees every mousedown; without the id each wrapper would close a sibling's open menu, and the
   click on one of its rows would never land.
+- **The header/footer switches ride the Insert tab's Options menu.** Different first page,
+  different odd/even and the two zone distances used to be in `ToolbarExpanded` alone, so the
+  default chrome could reach the first-page and even-page variants only through an import.
+- **Two inputs wear `.file-input`**: the document one in `App.svelte` and the Insert tab's
+  picture one. The ribbon's comes first in the DOM, so a bare class selector opens a picture
+  chooser whenever that tab is showing — the browser runs qualify theirs by `accept`.
 
 ## Pieces
 
diff --git a/src/App.svelte b/src/App.svelte
index 4b19bfe..0fa27ba 100644
--- a/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/App.svelte
@@ -1295,6 +1295,9 @@
       bind:pageOrientation
       bind:pageFormat
       bind:extraHfSections
+      bind:hfDistances
+      bind:differentFirstPage
+      bind:differentOddEven
       bind:hyphenate
       bind:pageNumbering
       bind:pageDecor
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/Ribbon.svelte b/src/lib/components/ribbon/Ribbon.svelte
index a6ef296..1a2d854 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/Ribbon.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/Ribbon.svelte
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   import { DEFAULT_MARGINS, type PageMargins } from '../../storage/pageMargins';
   import type { Orientation } from '../../storage/pageOrientation';
   import type { PageFormat } from '../../storage/pageFormat';
-  import type { HfSet, HfZone } from '../../storage/headerFooter';
+  import { DEFAULT_HF_DISTANCES, type HfDistances, type HfSet, type HfZone } from '../../storage/headerFooter';
   import type { DocumentLanguage } from '../../storage/documentLanguage';
   import { DEFAULT_TAB_INTERVAL_CM } from '../../storage/tabInterval';
   import { DEFAULT_PAGE_NUMBERING, type PageNumbering } from '../../storage/pageNumbering';
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
     pageOrientation = $bindable<Orientation>('portrait'),
     pageFormat = $bindable<PageFormat>('A4'),
     extraHfSections = $bindable<HfSet[]>([]),
+    hfDistances = $bindable(DEFAULT_HF_DISTANCES),
+    differentFirstPage = $bindable(false),
+    differentOddEven = $bindable(false),
     hyphenate = $bindable(false),
     pageNumbering = $bindable(DEFAULT_PAGE_NUMBERING),
     pageDecor = $bindable(EMPTY_PAGE_DECOR),
@@ -93,6 +96,9 @@
     pageOrientation?: Orientation;
     pageFormat?: PageFormat;
     extraHfSections?: HfSet[];
+    hfDistances?: HfDistances;
+    differentFirstPage?: boolean;
+    differentOddEven?: boolean;
     hyphenate?: boolean;
     pageNumbering?: PageNumbering;
     pageDecor?: PageDecor;
@@ -358,7 +364,7 @@
     {#if tab === 'home'}
       <HomeTab {editor} {tick} bind:showFormattingMarks {onManageStyles} {onFind} onParagraphDialog={() => (paragraphDialogOpen = true)} />
     {:else if tab === 'insert'}
-      <InsertTab {editor} {tick} {hfActive} {pageMargins} {pageOrientation} {pageFormat} {onEditZone} {onManageTableStyles} {onAutoText} />
+      <InsertTab {editor} {tick} {hfActive} {pageMargins} {pageOrientation} {pageFormat} bind:hfDistances bind:differentFirstPage bind:differentOddEven {onEditZone} {onManageTableStyles} {onAutoText} />
     {:else if tab === 'layout'}
       <LayoutTab {editor} {tick} {hfActive} bind:pageMargins bind:pageOrientation bind:pageFormat bind:extraHfSections bind:hyphenate bind:pageNumbering bind:pageDecor bind:lineNumbering bind:foldMarks onParagraphDialog={() => (paragraphDialogOpen = true)} />
     {:else if tab === 'references'}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/InsertTab.svelte b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/InsertTab.svelte
index e09d2c1..570697d 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/InsertTab.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/InsertTab.svelte
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
   import { pageDimsCm, type PageFormat } from '../../../storage/pageFormat';
   import { cmToPx, type PageMargins } from '../../../storage/pageMargins';
   import type { Orientation } from '../../../storage/pageOrientation';
-  import type { HfZone } from '../../../storage/headerFooter';
+  import { clampHfDistance, DEFAULT_HF_DISTANCES, type HfDistances, type HfZone } from '../../../storage/headerFooter';
   import type { StyleFamily } from '../../../styles/styleSheet';
   import { t } from '../../../i18n/i18n.svelte';
   import { shortcutHint } from '../../../editor/shortcuts';
 
   let {
     editor, tick, hfActive = null, pageMargins, pageOrientation, pageFormat,
+    hfDistances = $bindable(DEFAULT_HF_DISTANCES),
+    differentFirstPage = $bindable(false),
+    differentOddEven = $bindable(false),
     onEditZone, onManageTableStyles, onAutoText,
   }: {
     editor: Editor | null;
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@
     pageMargins: PageMargins;
     pageOrientation: Orientation;
     pageFormat: PageFormat;
+    hfDistances?: HfDistances;
+    differentFirstPage?: boolean;
+    differentOddEven?: boolean;
     onEditZone?: (zone: HfZone) => void;
     onManageTableStyles?: (family: StyleFamily) => void;
     onAutoText?: () => void;
@@ -254,6 +260,35 @@
       </div>
     {/if}
   </div>
+  <div class="rb-menu-wrap" use:clickOutside={'hfOptions'}>
+    <RibbonButton variant="big" icon="settings" label={t().ribbon.hfOptions} title={t().toolbarExpanded.headerFooter} caret active={isMenuOpen('hfOptions')} onclick={() => toggleMenu('hfOptions')} />
+    {#if isMenuOpen('hfOptions')}
+      <div class="ribbon-menu" use:anchored role="menu">
+        <label class="check-row" title={t().toolbarExpanded.differentFirstPageHint}>
+          <input type="checkbox" bind:checked={differentFirstPage} />
+          {t().toolbarExpanded.differentFirstPage}
+        </label>
+        <label class="check-row" title={t().toolbarExpanded.differentOddEvenHint}>
+          <input type="checkbox" bind:checked={differentOddEven} />
+          {t().toolbarExpanded.differentOddEven}
+        </label>
+        <div class="rb-menu-label">{t().toolbarExpanded.position}</div>
+        {#each ['header', 'footer'] as const as axis}
+          <label class="num-row">
+            <span>{t().toolbarExpanded.hfDist[axis]}</span>
+            <input
+              type="number"
+              min="0"
+              max="10"
+              step="0.1"
+              value={hfDistances[axis]}
+              onchange={(e) => (hfDistances = { ...hfDistances, [axis]: clampHfDistance(Number(e.currentTarget.value)) })}
+            />
+          </label>
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    {/if}
+  </div>
 </RibbonGroup>
 
 <div class="ribbon-sep"></div>
@@ -332,6 +367,10 @@
 
   .rb-menu-wrap { position: relative; }
 
+  .check-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; padding: 2px 12px 6px; white-space: nowrap; }
+  .num-row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 12px; padding: 2px 12px 6px; white-space: nowrap; }
+  .num-row input { width: 72px; }
+
   .file-input {
     position: absolute;
     width: 0;
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index 6c9fee2..f7f904e 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ const de: Messages = {
     equation: 'Formel',
     header: 'Kopfzeile',
     footer: 'Fußzeile',
+    hfOptions: 'Optionen',
     link: 'Link',
     bookmark: 'Textmarke',
     table: 'Tabelle',
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 47078e2..a328eb1 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ const en = {
     equation: 'Equation',
     header: 'Header',
     footer: 'Footer',
+    hfOptions: 'Options',
     link: 'Link',
     bookmark: 'Bookmark',
     table: 'Table',