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opportunities for a better life headers
and footers can be used to display
information in the top and bottom
margins of your document
they can include details like the
author's name page numbers the date and
more to create your own header or footer
from scratch double-click the margin at
the top or bottom of your document this
will unlock the header or footer area so
you can add whatever information you
want you can also use the tools on the
design tab which will appear on the
right side of the ribbon when you're
done you can close the header or footer
using the button here or by pressing
escape on your keyboard if you don't
have a lot of experience with headers
and footers you might want to start with
a built in preset instead preset headers
and footers give you several different
designs to choose from so they're a
great choice for any document to add a
preset header or footer go to the insert
tab then click the command you want in
this example we're going to add a header
you can choose one of the simpler
options at the top or go ahead and
scroll down for something more unique
notice how we have access to the design
tab again for now I'm just going to
enter my information into the box here
which is also known as a Content control
field if we close the header we can see
what it looks like compared to the rest
of the document to open or unlock it
again all you have to do is double click
the margin I forgot that I wanted to
include the date may be right here below
the document title to add this to your
document just click date and time on the
design tab then choose how you want the
date to appear if you want the date to
be updated every time you open the
document check the box next to update
automatically this is good if you want
to show the date the document was
printed instead of the date it was
created otherwise leave this box
unchecked and it will remain at today's
date
there are many different ways to use
headers and footers they can also be
used to add page numbers to your work
page numbers are common in business
documents academic papers and much more
to learn how to use them check out our
separate page numbers video