Adding headers and footers In Canvas, headers and footers are special text objects that may con- tain page numbers, total page count, as well as current date and time. In this document, you will add headers and footers to the master pages. To view the master pages :  Click the master page icons near the lower-left corner of the window. Canvas displays the document’s two master pages. To add a header to the left master page 1 Choose Text > Insert > Header. Canvas inserts a header object on the left master page and places the insertion point in the header. You might want to zoom in to see it clearly. 2 Type “Wide Open Spaces” in the header object. 3 Press Esc to end edit mode. To add footers to master pages First, you’ll add a footer to the left master page and insert a page number code in the footer. 1 Choose Text > Insert > Footer. Canvas inserts a footer object at the bottom of the left master page. The insertion point appears in the footer. 2 In the footer, type the word “page” and then type a space fol- lowing the word. 3 Choose Text > Insert > Page #. Canvas inserts the code $p in the footer. This code in the master page footer tells Canvas to insert page numbers throughout the document, so you don’t have to num- ber pages yourself. 4 Type a space, then type the word “of” and another space. 5 Choose Text > Insert > Total Page #. Canvas inserts the code $t. 6 Press Esc to end edit mode. To create the right-page footer After you create the left footer, it’s easy to duplicate it and place a similar footer on the right master page. Left and right master page icons Page numbering code
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