Bottom
Previous
Contents
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:
- Text, Tables, Lists and Sections.
- Graphics (Pictures and Figures).
- The date and time linked to the calendar/clock.
- Page numbers in Arabic (1, 5, 9) or Roman (i, v, ix).
- The document or current chapter title.
- Number of pages in document, number of pages in chapter.
- Chapter and section headings and numbers.
- The document title.
Headers and footers can be made to appear:
- On every page.
- On all but the first page.
- Every page in a Chapter.
- On Chapter title pages only.
- On all but the Chapter title page.
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:
- Document title to insert the text that appears in the document
heading. Documents can be given a heading by selecting the document, choosing
Change from the Format menu and clicking one of the heading icons.
- Chapter title to insert the text that appears in the chapter
heading. This will change as the chapter headings change.
Look at the bottom of this page to see an example of the Chapter title
inserted into a footer.
- Chapter number to insert the number generated by AutoNumber
in the Chapter format dialogue.
- Section title to insert the text that appears in the first section
heading on a page. This will change as the section headings change.
- Section number to insert the number generated by AutoNumber
in the Section format dialogue.
- Page number to insert the page number in the style chosen in the
document or chapter format dialogue boxes. The starting page number can be
changed by choosing Start chapter page or Start document page in
the Format menu.
- Document or Chapter length to insert the number of pages in
either the document or current chapter.
- File name to insert the pathname of the document.
- Date and Time to insert the current date and/or time from the system
clock. The date and time formats can be changed by choosing Set date format
from the Format menu. There is also an option to Always update
date and time or Never update date and time.
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:
- Click in the header or footer and choose Header or Footer
from the Select menu.
- Choose Change from the Format menu to open the Page
Footer/Header Format dialogue box.

- Use Show footer/headers on
pop-up menu to choose between:
- every page.
- all but first page.
- every page in a chapter.
- all but chapter title page.
- chapter title page only.
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
- Select the header or footer.
- Choose Borders from the Format menu.
- 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>
Next
Top