Word 2007: Creating headers and footers on pages
- Create a header or footer that contains only the page number
- Create a header or footer that contains the page number plus content such as text and graphics
Create a header or footer that contains only the page number
- On the Insert tab, in the Header & Footer group, click Page Number.
- Click Top of Page or Bottom of Page, depending on where you want page numbers to appear in your document.
- Choose a page number design from the gallery of designs.
Create a header or footer that contains the page number plus content such as text and graphics
If your document already has content in the header or footer, you can add the page number to the header or footer. If you want to use one of the preformatted page number designs, but you want more in the header or footer than just the page number, it is easiest to start with a page number and then add other content to the header or footer.
Add a page number to an existing header or footer
- Double-click the header or footer area.
- Position the cursor where you want to insert the page number.
Notes:
- You may need to press the Tab key, adjust paragraph alignment, or make other changes to the header or footer content to position the cursor where you want it.
- Many header and footer designs are laid out in a table, and pressing Tab moves the cursor without inserting a tab stop. To insert a tab stop within a table cell, press Ctrl+Tab. To determine whether the header or footer that you are working with is laid out in a table, look for the Table Tools contextual tab at the top of the Ribbon while the cursor is in the header or footer.
- Many header and footer designs contain content controls for storing content, such as the document title and the date. When you click to edit the header or footer, the cursor might automatically select the content control. To move the cursor away from the content control (so that you can insert the page number in the header or footer without deleting the content of the content control), press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW key.
- On the Insert tab, in the Header & Footer group, click Page Number.
- Click Current Position.
- Choose a page number design from the gallery of designs.
Add header or footer content to a preformatted page number design
- On the Insert tab, in the Header & Footer group, click Page Number.
- Click Top of Page, Bottom of Page, or Page Margins, depending on where you want page numbers to appear in your document.
- Choose a page number design from the gallery of designs. Choose a design that positions the page number where you want it. For example, if you want some header content aligned on the left margin and the page number aligned on the right margin, choose a right-aligned page number design.
- Do one of the following:
- If you chose a design from the Page Margins designs, click in the header or footer, and add the content that you want.
- To insert header or footer content before the page number, type the content, and then press TAB to position the content.
- To insert header or footer content after the page number, press the END key, press TAB, and then enter the content.
Note: You may need to press Tab more than once, adjust paragraph alignment, or otherwise change the header content to position the header or footer elements where you want them.
Insert the author's name, document title, or other document properties
While the cursor is in the header or footer area, do the following:
- Under Header & Footer Tools, on the Design tab, in the Insert group, click Quick Parts, point to Document Property, and then click the document property that you want.
Insert the file name or path
While the cursor is in the header or footer area, do the following:
- Under Header & Footer Tools, on the Design tab, in the Insert group, click Quick Parts, and then click Field.
- In the Field names list, click FileName.
- To include the path as part of the file name, select the Add path to filename check box.
Note: You must save the file for the path name to be displayed. After you save the file, click the file name, and then press F9 to display the path as part of the file name.
Because field codes can be visible to anyone reading your document, be sure that the information you place in field codes is not information that you want kept private.
