Working with Headers and Footers A header is a section that appears at the top of each page between the top margin and the first line of text. Any text, graphics, or properties you insert in any header appear at the top of every page in the document. Typical header contents include the document title and the date the document was created or modified. A footer is a section that appears at the bottom of each page between the bottom margin and the last line of text. As with a header, anything you insert in any footer appears at the bottom of every page in the document.
Typical footer contents include the page number and document filename. Here are your choices for adding content to a header or footer:.
Choose Insert (tab) > Header. Pick the Edit Header choice. Your insertion point should be in the Header. Word 2007 - 2019 put the controls for page numbering under the Insert tab. The choices of different first page, different odd and even apply to both Headers and footers for each Section. To add a header, choose Header And Footer from the View menu. In Word 2007 and 2010, double-click above the top margin or click the Insert tab| Header (in the Header & Footer group)| Blank.
Text—You can type any text, such as a brief document description, a note to the reader, or your company name. Page numbers—You can insert just the page number, the phrase Page X (where X is the current page number), or Page X of Y (where X is the current page number and Y is the total number of pages in the document). The current date and time—You can display the current date, time, or both the date and time using various formats. You can also configure the date and time to update automatically each time you open the document. Document information—You can insert a number of document properties, including Author, Comments, Status, Subject, and Title.
A field—Choose Design, Document Info, Field, and then use the Field dialog to insert the field code. Picture or clip art—You can insert a photo or other image from your computer or you can grab a piece of online clip art. Adding a Header You can create a header from scratch by inserting a blank header (with one or three columns) or you can click a predefined header template.
Click the Insert tab. Click Header.
Click the type of header you want to add. Word inserts the header and displays the Header & Footer tab. Go Further: Creating a Unique First-Page Header By default, when you define the content for one header, Word displays the same content in every header in the document.
However, many situations arise in which this default behavior is not what you want. One common situation is when you want to use a different header in the first page of a document. For example, many texts use no header on the first page. Another example is when you want to insert document instructions or notes in the first header, but you do not want that text repeated on every page. For these kinds of situations, you can tell Word that you want the first page’s header to be different from the headers and footers in the rest of the document.
You set this up by clicking the Different First Page check box. Word changes the label of the first page header to First Page Header. If you want to include the date or time (or both) in your header, click Date & Time to open the Date and Time dialog. Click the format you want to use. If you want to include a document property in your header (such as the Author or Title), click Field to open the Field dialog.
Click Document Information. Click the property you want to add. If you want to include an image from your computer, click Picture from File.
See “Inserting a Picture” in Chapter 3, “Working with Office 2016 for Mac Graphics.”. To add text, position the insertion point within the header and then type your text. Click Close Header and Footer or click the header’s Close tab.
Go Further: Creating Unique Odd and Even Page Headers Many documents require different layouts for the header on odd and even pages. A good example is the book you are holding. Notice that the even page header has the page number on the far left, followed by the chapter number and chapter title, while the odd page header has the name of the current section followed by the page number on the far right.
To handle this type of situation, you can configure your document with different odd and even page headers and footers by clicking the Different Odd & Even Pages check box. Word changes the labels of the page headers to Even Page Header and Odd Page Header.
Adding a Footer You can create a footer from scratch by inserting a blank footer or you can click a predefined footer template. Click the Insert tab. Click Footer. Click the type of footer you want to add. If you want to include a document property in your footer, click Field to open the Field dialog. Click Document Information.
Click the property you want to add. If you want to include an image from your computer, click Picture from File.
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See “Inserting a Picture” in Chapter 3. To add text, position the insertion point within the footer and then type your text. To switch to the header, click Go to Header.
When you’re in the header, you can switch back to the footer by clicking Go to Footer. Click Close Header and Footer or click the footer’s Close tab.
Microsoft Word 2010 is an optimal business choice for communications leaving your office, such as letters, invoices and marketing materials, but don’t rule out the software program for when you’re seeking to bring in information as well. Let Word help you design fill-in-the-blank forms, ideal for culling job applicants, preparing new hires for confidentiality agreements and anywhere else you want people to be able to give you input. Word’s fill-in forms can be a jumping off point for your electronic information gathering or they can be printed for manual completion. Tips. Instead of starting from scratch, you can get a jump start from some of Word’s template forms. Find them by clicking the “File” tab, selecting “New” and checking the form options on the Available Template screen.
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You can also search for installed forms by typing terms such as “New Hire Form” or “Invoice Form.”. Now that you’ve made your form, you have a few options. You can print out the form and distribute it, which recipients will complete by hand. You can also email the form and have recipients fill it in directly in Word. In this case, recipients must have a minimum of Word 2007 installed to do so. Another option is to open the form in a form-conversion software program, such as Adobe Acrobat. This will permit you to create actual fill-in form fields, where recipients can tab and type.
They will not need any additional software to use this type of form, except the free Adobe Reader.