Microsoft Word – Header And Footer

Course - Microsoft Word Advance

Header and Footer –

After working on a paragraph it’s a time to read or learn about Header and Footers. Header is a section of the document located in upper or top margin, while lower or bottom margin is sectioned under Footers.
Header and Footers are used to formatting document so its gives some additional knowledge about date of writing documents, who wrote it (author’s name), page number etc. and also makes a document easy to read.

Let’s follow these step to create a Header and Footer –

1. Place your cursor on the top of the page or on bottom and double click anywhere.
2. Header or Footer will open and you see a blinking bar to type your text under section.
3. Also you see a Design tab appears on right side of Ribbon bar to customize it.
4. Once you type your text under Header (like documentary name or topic, its types etc.) or Footer section (like author name, page number etc. in footer), click on “Close Header and Footer” button or press Esc key.
5. The text will appear on header or footer section.

If you are confused about Header and Footer section format or customizing then, there is a tool present in MS-Word helps you to do it in simple way. There is a many formats present in Word you just need to choose and insert it in your document.

To insert Header and Footer follow these simple steps -

• Go to Insert tab and click on Header to insert header and on Footer to insert footer in a document.
• Now choose a desired template of header and footer and select the one you like the most.
• Now to edit the content of Header and Footer just click on the dummy text and edit it with your text.
• Press Esc key to close Header and Footer and your content is still there which makes your document easy to understand.
• If you wish to edit your footer again so go to footer section in your document and double click there to unlock it and change or edit text.
• Similarly you can also edit the Header section.