By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:

• Insert Headers and Footers on a page
• Delete Headers and Footers from a page

Insert Headers and Footers

The Header and Footer usually contain title and author information, dates, and page numbers. The Header appears at the top of the page and the Footer appears at the bottom of the page.

To Insert a Header and Footer:

• Click View on the Menu Bar.
• Select Header and Footer.
• The document will appear grayed out with a dotted Header and Footer box showing at the top and bottom of the page.
• Locate the Header and Footer Toolbar on the page.
  
  
• Type inside the dotted boxes to insert your Header and/or Footer.
• Click Close on the Header and Footer Toolbar when you are finished.

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Header and Footer Toolbar

The Header and Footer Toolbar contains buttons that can help you automatically enter important information in your header and footers.

Some of the useful features located on the Header and Footer Toolbar are:

• Insert Auto-Text - drop-down menu showing commonly used header and footer information, including, author, page number and date.
• Insert Page Numbers - inserts the page numbers.
• Insert Number of Pages - inserts the number of pages in the entire document.
• Format Page Number - opens the Page Number Format Dialog box so that you can format your page number in the header and footer.
• Insert Date.
• Insert Time.
• Page Setup - opens the Page Setup Dialog box so that you can adjust the location of the header and footer.
• Switch between Header and Footer - allows you to jump quickly between the header and footer on a page.
• Close - closes the Header and Footer Toolbar.