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Create header and footer in Excel

Teach you how to create headers and footers in Excel. To create the header, the footer follows these steps: Step 1: Go to Page layout - Page SetUp tab - click on the arrow below: Step 2: A dialog box appears - click the header tab /

Author: Isabella Humphrey2 minutes read

The following article details you how to create headers and footers in Excel 2013.

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To create the header, the footer follows these steps:

Step 1: In card Page Layout -> Page Setup -> click on the arrow below:

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Step 2: A dialog box appears -> click the header / Footer tab :

- In the Header section, click the arrow to select the sheet to create a title:

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Step 3: After selecting the sheet to create a title -> click on Custom Header to enter the content for the header:

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Step 4: The Header dialog box appears -> enter the content for the title with options:

- Left Header: Enter the title content on the left side of the printed page.

- Center Header: Enter the title content in the middle of the printed page.

- Right Header: Enter the title content on the right side of the printed page.

After entering the content, click OK:

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Step 5: Click Custom Footer to enter the content for the header at the bottom of the page:

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The same operation as entering text for headers:

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- In case you want to enter the title content for different odd and even pages -> check the Different odd and even pages -> dialog box to ask for content for even pages with the same operation.

- If you want to enter the content of different first page titles, tick the Different first pages:

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- After you enter the title content, you click Print Preview will see the title content displayed at the selected position.

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Above is a detailed guide on how to create headers and footers for spreadsheets in Excel 2013.

Good luck!

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