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Headers and footers

Headers and footers are special parts of a document which are repeated on each page. Their content can be different for left-hand and right-hand pages. Headers and footers can contain:

Headers and footers can be made to appear:

To create a header or footer

1 Choose Page set up... from the Misc menu to open the Page set up dialogue box.

2 Click on the Header/footer radio icon.

3 Move the pointer over the horizontal line representing the bottom or top edge of the typing area, drag it up or down, or

3 Type the size of header or footer required in the top and bottom writable icons. Click on the vertical scale icon at the top of the dialogue box to change the units of measurement.

4 Click L/R Headers and/or L/R footers if you want their contents to be different on left and right hand pages.

5 Click OK to confirm the choice and return to the document.

A grey bordered rectangle at the top and bottom of the page will indicate the area reserved for the headers and/or footers. (Unless Guides is turned off in the View menu.)

To use a header or footer

1 Move the pointer into the header or footer area - it will turn into an 'I' beam.

2 Click to position the caret.

3 Type the text you want to appear in the header or footer.

and/or

3 Insert a List, Table, Figure or Picture.

and/or

3 Choose any, or all, of the following from the Insert submenu:

Showing headers and footers on selected pages

Headers and footers can be made to appear on all or some of the pages in a document. To choose where they should appear:

  1. Click in the header or footer and choose Header or Footer from the Select menu.
  2. Choose Change from the Format menu to open the Page Footer/Header Format dialogue box.

  3. Use Show footer/headers on pop-up menu to choose between:

Left and right handed
headers & footers

If you have clicked in the L/R Headers or L/R Footers you will need to enter their different contents when you return to the document. If the document only has one page you will have to wait for it to grow to at least two pages before adding the left hand Header/Footer.

Multiple columns

Headers and footers can have multiple columns and headings although the heading does not automatically have emphasis.

Borders

  1. Select the header or footer.
  2. Choose Borders from the Format menu.
  3. Click on the type of borders required.

HTML titles

The contents of a header will be used as the document title when a document is saved as HTML.

<HEAD><TITLE>This text is in the document 
header</TITLE></HEAD>


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