Adding a Header or Footer

Headers are used for inserting information that you want printed at the top of every page; footers are for information that you want printed at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers can contain page numbers, titles, the filename, revision dates, the author's name, or any other information about the document.

Creating a Header or Footer

Generally, you need to create the header or footer on the page where you want it to start. On pages where you don't want the headers and footers to print (such as the title page, first page of a letter, and so on), you can suppress the header and footer by selecting it in the Suppress dialog box. You can also use Delay Codes to postpone the effect of a formatting code.

To insert ...

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