Practical Uses

Typically, headers and footers are displayed on every page throughout a document to facilitate navigation or provide other information about a document. Although you can display just about any type of text or graphics in headers and footers, you should keep every reader’s task in focus as you decide what to include. The following helpful items are commonly placed in headers and footers:

  • Page number

  • Chapter number and title

  • Section number and title

  • Document title

  • Revision date or number

  • Company or author information

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