It seems like a few of my instruments will not take the Page Template. Can someone please guide me to correct this? Thank you!
If I understand the question correctly you want to assign the Default page template to page 1.
This doesn’t work if Use ‘First’ page template in Layout Options > Page Setup > Flows is set to First flow only or Any flow starting at top of page.
Only if that is what one wants. In most cases folks want a distinct page template for their first page to list title, composer and other information.