The buttons in the Insert group let you add graphics and preformatted text elements (e.g., time and date, document properties) to your headers and footers.

The Header & Footer group lets you to format the appearance of the header or footer and/or format page numbers. To access the Design tab of the Headers & Footers Tools, double-click a header or footerĪ new contextual command tab appears next to the other command tabs in the Ribbon and gives you access to the header and footer functions. This special command tab providing several unique header and footer formatting options. The Header & Footer Tools Design command tab appears on the Ribbon only when an existing header or footer is active. To edit the content of a footer, on the Ribbon, click FOOTER » select Edit Footerįrom the Ribbon, select additional customizing options as desired To edit the content of a header, on the Ribbon, click HEADER » select Edit Header Additional options appear in the Header & Footer Tools Design Tab. Once you have inserted a header or footer you can edit or format the content. HINT: To start with a blank Header/Footer, select Edit Header or Edit Footer Select the desired header or footer style The scroll list of preset headers or footers appears. Word gives you have several presets to select from you can also begin with a blank header or footer.įrom the Insert command tab, in the Header & Footer section, click HEADER or FOOTER You can create a header and footer that appears the same on every page, or you can customize the pages with different headers and footers.īy default, headers and footers appear on every page of your document. You can create headers and footers in your Word document so that information such as the author's name, document title, or page numbers will appear in the top and/or bottom margin of your document. This article is based on legacy software. (Legacy) Microsoft Word 2007: Creating Headers and Footers

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