Supressing header/footers on front matter in windows version

I so wish I could suppress the headers/footers on front matter. It’s distracting to have them on these pages and makes it look less professional. I was advised to use my word processor for this, but it cost me 2 weeks on my last project, because even though I use that feature on a regular basis for a small document, it didn’t function properly on an entire book. Is this in the plan for Windows users? For that matter, can one do it on the Mac version?

TR Fischer