Headers and Footers

Headers are portions of a document that always appear at the top of a page, footers appear at the bottom of a page. Typically headers and footers display general information such as document title, chapter name, page number, author name etc.

Headers and footers can help keep large documents organized and make them easier to navigate. Normally text entered in the header or footer will appear on each page of the document but you can create separate header and footer for a section of a document (for example the first page).

Creating headers and footers

Directly into the document

The simplest method to insert a header is

1. Click above the top of the text area and when when the Header marker appears
2. Click on the + icon.

Now you can type and format the header text as any other text.

To insert a footer follow the same steps by clicking on bottom of the text area to display the Footer marker.

Using the Page Style dialog

With this method you can create headers and footer with some advanced options. Open the Page Style dialog window and enable the header and/or footer.

Same content left/right

If you deselect the Same content left/right box, you can specify a different header for left or right pages. This is useful for book printing.

Same content on first page

Deselecting Same content on first page allows you to set a different header for the first page of the document. For example if the first page contains a cover for a document we don't want to display the header and footer.

Format headers and footer

Clicking on a header marker opens a context menu with the following commands

• Format Header. Opens the Header tab in Page style window
• Border and Background. Set borders and background for the header area
• Delete Header. Remove the header

The same apply for the footer area.

Formatting text in headers and footers

Text inside headers and footers is formatted as normal text using character and paragraph formating commands.

Fields in headers and footers

Information such as document title, chapter titles, and page numbers, which often go into headers and footers, are best added as fields. You will learn more about fields in future lessons. In the next section you will learn how to add page numbers in headers and footers.