For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Creating Page Footers and Headers. Word allows you to add headers and footers to your document. Headers are nothing more than repeating text that appears at the top of every page of your printed document, whereas footers appear at the bottom of each page.
The beauty of headers and footers is that they only have to be defined once, and then Word places them on your printed pages automatically. To define a page header or footer, do the following:. WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world. This tip applies to Microsoft Word 97, , , and You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word Word and later here: Creating Page Footers and Headers.
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It could be due to some of the display settings in Word. Word can be configured to save your work periodically; on any time schedule you desire. This tip explains this feature Want to replace all commas in a formatted number with periods, and vice-versa? There are a couple of approaches you can This complete guide shows both professionals and novices how to master VBA in order to customize the entire Office suite for their needs.
Don't want a header or footer to appear on just a portion of your document? You can use the steps in this tip to help make quick work Want to include the file name of a document on the printed copy without rearranging the layout?
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Up to three images may be included in a comment. All images are subject to review. Commenting privileges may be curtailed if inappropriate images are posted. There are currently no comments for this tip. Be the first to leave your comment—just use the simple form above! This site is for you! If you use a later version of Word, visit our WordTips site focusing on the ribbon interface. Visit the WordTips channel on YouTube. View the most recent newsletter. Toggle navigation. To position the header or footer, follow these steps: Position the insertion point in the section whose headers or footers you want to position.
Choose Page Setup from the File menu. You will see the Page Setup dialog box. See Figure 1. Word considers them to be part of the "white space" between pages. You've hit on an option that hides that "white space" from you.
The link shows you how to get them back and also will likely tell you how they disappeared. It is a well-written page of material and I won't reproduce it here.
It is easy to change that setting, even by mistake. This setting has puzzled people for almost two decades, since it was introduced with either Word or Word It is a useful setting but takes people by surprise and if you do not know what is happening it looks like your document was just butchered!
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