In this article, I am going to explain how to add a header and footer to Microsoft Word Document.
Step 1. Open Microsoft Word document.
Step 2. Double click on the top of the document page. Word will show Header and Footer sections on the page; allow you to enter the header and footer details for the Word document.
Step 3. Enter the details in the Header and Footer sections. And once done, press the Esc key OR double click on the other (which is not on the header or footer section) area on the page.
The entered details will be available to all the pages in the document.
Step 4. Sometimes, it is required to give different header and footer details only for the first page. To do this, select the Header or Footer section on the first page. Word will show “HEADER & FOOTER TOOLS” ribbon control to enable modification of the Header and Footer sections.
Select the checkbox “Different First Page” to provide First Page Header and First Page Footer details. Once you check this check box, Word will enable; First Page Header and First Page Footer sections on the First page to allow you to enter the first-page header and footer details. Enter the details; these details will be visible ONLY on First Page. Other pages header & footer details won’t change.
Step 5. To give page numbers to the pages; you can give the details, in header or footer sections. From “HEADER & FOOTER TOOLS”; select the “Page Number” button from the “Header & Footer” section. Word will show a menu to select, where to add the page numbers; top of the page or bottom of the page etc.
Step 6. Select either “Top of Page” or “Bottom of Page” from the “Page Number” menu. And select the format in which you want to display the page numbers.
Once the changes are done, save the document. Observe that, the page header and footers were added to the Word document.
🙂 Sahida