Headers and footers are piece of cake to implement equally long as the same text appears on every page in your certificate. Beyond the basics, this feature oft confuses users. The key to working successfully with headers and footers is this: headers and footers vest to sections, not the document or private pages, and a document can take a unique header or footer for every section.

Changing a certificate's header or footer is as simple as adding a new section, almost. In truth, changing a document'due south 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.

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When you need a different header of footer, the first pace is to enter a section break as follows:

  • Click the Page Layout tab. In the Page Setup grouping, choose the advisable break option from the Breaks dropdown.
  • In Word 2003, choose Suspension from the Insert menu. Choose a break from the resulting dialog and click OK.

Where to put the section break might cause some confusion. Mostly, you lot'll insert a Next Page section break at the bottom of the folio that falls simply earlier the page where y'all want the new header or footer to begin. For example, if you want the new header to brainstorm on page 4, insert the Next Page section pause at the lesser of page iii (see the next effigy).

Step 2

Afterwards adding a section break, you need to suspension the link between the previous department and the newly added section, as follows:

  • Double-click in the new department's header space. In the context Design tab, click the Link To Previous option in the Navigation group.
  • In Give-and-take 2003, choose Header and Footer from the View carte to open the header in edit style. Then, click the Link To Previous button in the Header and Footer toolbar to interruption the link.

Breaking the link does not remove an existing header or footer from the new section.

I increased the header's font size so you lot can compare it to the header in the next effigy (below). Likewise, notice that the Link To Previous option is dimmed.

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Step three

It'southward of import to note that the existing header is still part of the new section. Breaking the link to the previous department won't alter anything-information technology merely allows you lot to make changes. At this betoken, you're ready to alter the header. Simply change the text, field, or object as you commonly would.

Worth noting

When working with department breaks, employ the Show/Hide option (on the Home tab in the Paragraph grouping) to display them. All-around section breaks is much easier if yous can see them. In addition, if you delete a section break, you'll lose changes yous fabricated to that section's header/footer.

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A bonus Microsoft Word tip

From the article 10 things you should never do in Discussion by Susan Harkins:

Permit Word determine: Word is total of defaults that are adequate in most circumstances. Yet, those defaults can be annoying if you're constantly having to reset options. Fortunately, Discussion lets you take the bike if you want to. Change those defaults and eliminate those tedious steps you lot have every fourth dimension you beginning a new document. For more on changing Word defaults, read 10 Word defaults you can customize to work the way YOU desire.

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