You change the character level formatting in a header and footer, the same way you would in the body of a document. From this toolbar you can insert AutoText (which we'll talk about in a minute), insert the current page number, the number of pages, the date and the time. It contains the most commonly used tasks associated with creating a header or a footer. When you are working within a header or a footer, its dimensions will be identified by a dashed line.Ī floating toolbar will also appear. Likewise, when you are finished editing a header or footer and return to the document, the information in the header or footer will appear dim. When a header is selected, the text in the body of the document will turn grey, or "dim". To create a header, click ‘View' from the menu bar then select ‘Header and Footer'. What's more, you can easily align text in each position within a single line without giving yourself a headache. If you want to align text to the right, hit the Tab key again. When you type your text, it will be centered. The cursor will skip to the center of the header box. If you want to center text, simply push the Tab key. This is in the position to align text to the left. For instance, when you first create the header, the cursor begins at the far left of the header box.
MS Word 2003 has also automatically set the tabs to the most commonly used location. All you have to do is put in the place holder. It will even fill in the appropriate page number automatically. MS Word 2003 allows you to create headers and footers, and select the pages you want to apply them to. Likewise, you may want the odd numbered pages to carry only the author's name while even numbered pages show the title. Many times, the first page of a document, or the first page of every chapter, will have a different header than the rest. This makes it easier for a reader to navigate through written work.
Headers and footers typically contain information that is to be repeated on every page, such as the title of the work, its author, and the page number.
A footer, of course, falls at the bottom of the page below the lower margin. A header is text written at the top of the page, above the margin.