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Tuesday 10th of September 2024
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admin
Headers and footers are easy to implement as long as the same text appears on every page in your document. Beyond the basics, this feature often confuses users. The key to working successfully with headers and footers is this: headers and footers belong to sections, not the document or individual pages, and a document can have a unique header or footer for every section.
Changing a document's header or footer is as simple as adding a new section, almost. In truth, changing a document's header is a three-step process:
- Insert a page break.
- Break the link between the previous section and the new section.
- Change the header/footer.
Step one
When you need a different header of footer, the first step is to enter a section break as follows:
- Click the Page Layout tab. In the Page Setup group, choose the appropriate break option from the Breaks dropdown.
- In Word 2003, choose Break from the Insert menu. Choose a break from the resulting dialog and click OK.
Where to put the section break might cause some confusion. Generally, you'll insert a Next Page section break at the bottom of the page that falls just before the page where you want the new header or footer to begin. For example, if you want the new header to begin on page 4, insert the Next Page section break at the bottom of page 3 (see the next figure).
Step two
After adding a section break, you need to break the link between the previous section and the newly added section, as follows:
- Double-click in the new section's header space. In the context Design tab, click the Link To Previous option in the Navigation group.
- In Word 2003, choose Header and Footer from the View menu to open the header in edit mode. Then, click the Link To Previous button in the Header and Footer toolbar to break the l