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Headers and footers can be used to display
information in the top and bottom margins

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of your document.

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They can include details like the author's
name, page numbers, the date, and more.

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To create your own header or footer from scratch,
double-click the margin at the top or bottom

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of your document.

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This will "unlock" the header or footer area,
so you can add whatever information you want.

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You can also use the tools on the Design tab,
which will appear on the right side of the

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Ribbon.

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When you're done, you can close the header
or footer using the button here, or by pressing

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Esc on your keyboard.

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If you don't have a lot of experience with
headers and footers, you might want to start

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with a built-in preset instead.

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Preset headers and footers give you several
different designs to choose from, so they're

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a great choice for any document.

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To add a preset header or footer, go to the
Insert tab… then click the command you want.

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In this example, we're going to add a header.

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You can choose one of the simple options at
the top, or go ahead and scroll down for something

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more unique.

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Notice how we have access to the Design tab
again.

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For now, I'm just going to enter my information
into the box here, which is known as a content

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control field.

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If we close the header, we can see what it
looks like compared to the rest of the document.

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To open or unlock it again, all you have to
do is double-click the margin.

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I forgot that I wanted to include the date,
maybe right here below the document title.

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To add this to your document, just click Date
& Time on the Design tab… then choose how

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you want the date to appear.

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If you want the date to be updated every time
you open the document, check the box next

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to "Update automatically."

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This is good if you want to show the date
the document was printed, instead of the date

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it was created.

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Otherwise, leave this box unchecked… and
it will remain at today's date.

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There are many different ways to use headers
and footers.

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They can also be used to add page numbers
to your work.

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Page numbers are common in business documents,
academic papers, and much more.

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To learn how to use them, check out our separate
page numbers video.