Adding Page Headers and Footers for Printing Forms

Access allows you to add a separate pair of sections, Page Header and Page Footer, that appear only when the form prints. You add both of these sections to the form at once by choosing View, Page Header/Footer. The following list shows the purposes of Page Headers and Footers:

  • Page Header sections enable you to use a different title for the printed version. The depth of the Page Header can be adjusted to control the location where the Detail section of the form is printed on the page.

  • Page Footer sections enable you to add dates and page numbers to the printed form.

Page Header and Page Footer sections appear only in the printed form, not when you display the form on-screen in Form view. The frmPersonnelActionsEntry ...

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