headers and footers can display things
like the page number date or company
name in the top and bottom margins of
your document not only do they make
those things easier to reference they
also add a nice professional touch to
insert a header footer or just page
numbering start by going to insert then
the header and footer group I'd like to
show you how headers work you can choose
one of the blank options at the top or
scroll down for something with a little
more style notice the design tab appears
along with the header for now I'm just
going to go ahead and type my
information into these boxes which are
called content controls most of the
built-in headers and footers have them
for things like the name of your company
or in this case the document title now I
don't really need this next field the
one for the author's name so I'm going
to remove it altogether just right click
remove content control and it's taken
care of
when you're done you can close the
header or footer by clicking here to
edit it again you'll need to unlock that
part of your document by double clicking
it like this
I forgot that I wanted to include the
date maybe right here where the other
content control used to be just click
date and time then choose how you want
the date to appear it'll stay at today's
date even if you edit the document again
next week unless you check the box to
update it automatically let's take a
look at page numbers next the header I
chose doesn't have them but they're
really easy to add first I need to place
my cursor exactly where I want the
numbering to go now we can go to page
number to look over the different
options
top of page and bottom of page are
tricky they will add numbering to your
document but in the place of your header
or footer sometimes that's what you want
but right now I'm just trying to add
numbering to the header I have that's
what page margins and current position
are for current position we'll put it
right where my cursor is and that looks
great that's exactly where I wanted it
you can even format the page number by
going back to page number format and
choosing a style from the list there are
numbers letters and Roman numerals
here's another trick if you have a cover
page like I do and you don't want any
headers footers or numbers to appear on
it you can click different first page
and the header will disappear from the
first page but start back up on the
second there are still lots of other
options ranging from pictures to
position so take some time to explore
the design tab try different things and
learn about all the options associated
with headers footers and numbering like
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