Microsoft Word: How to create page title (Header) and footer (Footer)

You are working on a thesis, a large exercise, a research topic . a multi-page text file, you want to create the content of the page title (Header) or footer (Footer) for your entire text file . Today, TipsMake.com will help you create and understand more details about the content creation toolbar. The content in this article applies to Microsoft Word 2010, other versions you do the same!

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1. Create Header, Basic Footer

Go to View> Header and Footer:

The Header and Footer tool bar appears :

Enter the content of the page title and footer. The function details for the Header and Footer toolbar are as follows:

Insert Auto text: Insert content automatically

1. PAGE -: - Insert the page number
2. Author, Page #, Date: Insert the computer name, page number, date (taken by the date displayed on the computer).
3. Confidential, Page #, Date: Insert Confidential, page number, date.
4. Created by: Display 'Created by: computer name'
5. Created on: Display 'Created on: date, month, year, hour' (computer setup date)
6. Filename: File name
7. Filename and path: Path of file and file name
8. Last Printed: Displays 'Last printed date, month, year, hour'.(printer setup date)
9. Last saved by: Display 'Last saved by name set when installing windows',
10. Page x of y: The xth page of the total number of pages of the file.

- Insert page number

- Insert the total number of pages of the file

- Self-page numbering starts as you like.

- Insert the date, month and year (based on the current date on the computer)

- Insert the current time on the computer

- Format header size and footer and page margins

- Hide / show file contents when creating header content & footer

- Same as previous: Displays the content of the header & footer like the previous file

- Move between Header and Footer

- Turn to the page before the current page

- Display the page after the current page

- Set up some other features for the Header and Footer toolbar.

If you want to have a dash line with Header & Footer content, use the drawing bar of MS Word as Drawing as usual, draw a horizontal line at the appropriate position (for example):

Close : Exit the screen to create the header & footer. After creating the header content & footer you can double-click the page content screen to exit.

2. Create Header & Footer for different odd and even pages:

If you want to enter Header & Footer content of even pages, different odd pages:

1. Go to File> Page Setup

The Page Setup dialog box appears> select the Layout tab:

2. At Headers and Footers:

1. Different odd and even: Select the Header & Footer content of even and odd pages.
2. Different first page : Select the firstHeader & Footer content entry of the file other than every page.

3. Then re-enter the Header & Footer content of the even page, the individual odd page.

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Good luck!