Click Current Position to get the position menu. I always like to position my cursor exactly where I want an object before I insert anything, which we did when we typed “Page” and a space, then used the “Current Position” selection from the Page Number drop-down menu. The Page Number drop-down menu will appear. From the Header & Footer Tools/Design tab>Header & Footer section>select Page Number. Just for fun, select a format you haven’t used before, then click OK. Do you remember how to insert the date from our earlier lesson? (Insert link) You can use the Insert tab as we did in that lesson, or this time use the Header & Footer Tools/Design tab>Insert section>Date & Time. For our Header, we selected “Blank.” For our Footer, select “Blank (Three Columns).” This put a blank footer at the bottom of the page, but it is all set up for a left-aligned first column, a centered second column, and a right-aligned third column.Ĭlick on the left “” box and type “Word Lessons.”Ĭlick on the middle “” box. Click on Insert tab>Header & Footer section>Footer. Remember there are usually two or more ways to do something in MS Word. To exit the header this time, double-click on any word inside the body of your document. Let’s make it one size smaller by clicking on the Home tab>Font section>small “A” to Decrease Font Size. Does the Header label and dotted line reappear? Voila! Ctrl-A to Select All and everything in the header is selected. Let’s go back and make some changes to the header. Now the body of your document is darker and the header text is lighter. After you close the header, the header label, dotted lines, and Header & Footer Tools tab have all disappeared. To exit out of your header, click Header & Footer Tools/Design tab>Close section>Close Header and Footer – the big orange “X” on the right of the ribbon. That’s so you know exactly where you are. There is a dotted line separating the header from the body, and there is a small grey “Header” label. While you are typing in the header, your header’s text is darker than the body of your document. This will make your header taller, and push the body of the document further down the page, on EVERY page. You can change these settings in your Header & Footer Tools/Design tab>Position section. When creating a header, Microsoft sets it up with the same left and right margins and single-spaced, and places it 1/2” from the top of the paper. Within your new header, click in the “” box and type the title of your document, “Learning Headers and Footers.” Press enter and type your byline: “By Joan Smith.” Read through the options on this ribbon to give yourself some ideas of what is available. For today’s header, click the top option, “Blank.” Word will insert a blank header into your document and the Header & Footer Tools/Design tab appears. Insert Headerįrom any position on your four-page document, click Insert tab>Header & Footer section>Header. Think of the header and footer as separate little documents within your main document – you can change the font, margins, or tabs without affecting the main body of your document. You can put the page number and date that automatically updates. You can put an image or special characters in the header or footer. Do you have a magazine with the date and page number at the bottom of each page? That is a “ footer,” something that goes across the bottom of every page. Do you have a book with the chapter title on the top of each page? That is a “ header,” something that is the same at the head or top of every page.
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