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headers and footers can be used to
display information and the
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 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 that you want in this
example I'm going to add a header you
can choose one of the simple options at
the top or 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 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 edit it
again you'll need to unlock it by double
clicking 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 and 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 that date the
document was printed instead of the data
was created otherwise leave the Box
unchecked and it will remain it today's
date let's take a look at page numbers
next the header I chose doesn't have
them but they're really easy to add just
place your cursor where you want the
page numbering to go in this example I'm
going to press the tab key until I reach
the tab stop on the right next click the
page number command and make your
selection from the menu top of page and
bottom of page will replace your current
header or footer with whatever option
you choose sometimes that's what you
want but in this case I'm trying to add
page numbers to the header I already
have for that we can choose page margins
or current position and now we have page
numbers on each page of the document if
you need to restart your numbering
partway through your document there is a
way to do this you can even apply a
different numbering style you just have
to insert a section break first in this
example I want to restart the numbering
at page 1 for the works cited section so
I'm going to place my cursor at the
beginning of the section then go to the
page Layout tab from here click the
breaks command then choose next page
from the menu now we can adjust our page
numbering by following these steps first
double-click the header or footer which
should take you back to the design tab
then click the page number command and
choose format page numbers from the menu
a dialog box will appear where you can
change the number format add chapters to
your page numbering and more but to
restart your numbering all you have to
do is select the field that says start
at by default it will restart at 1
however you can enter any number
depending on what you need when you're
done click OK
and you'll see the change immediately
there are still lots of other things
that you can do on the design tab for
example if you want to hide the header
or footer on the first page of your
document then start back up on page 2
you can select different first page if
you want to remove the header or footer
altogether just click the command that
you want then click remove at the very
bottom of the menu headers and footers
can be used in many different ways
whether you're working on a casual
document or an academic paper they can
make your information easier to
reference and also add a nice
professional touch
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