Built-in footer templates (applies to both header and footer) You can experiment with the various footer tools in your test Microsoft Word document. We created another tutorial to cover page numbering (pagination) in Word 2007 all other commands displayed in the new Header & Footer Tools / Design tab give you access to various functionality, from inserting a date in the header, inserting images, etc.
But notice that while you are editing the footer, Word 2007 has added a header/footer-specific tab to the Ribbon: it contains commands that are especially useful for both page headers and footers:
While you are still in footer edit mode, you can apply the regular text formatting options you have access to in a regular Microsoft Word document: you can center-align your footer, make it bold, italic, change the footer color, font family and font size, etc. Formatting the document's footer in Word 2007 This achieves the same result as double-clicking at the end of a page to insert a footer, and brings you into "header / footer editing mode". Microsoft Word 2007 also lets you add a footer from the Ribbon: click on the Insert tab, and then click on the Footer button. This is because Microsoft Word considers the same way header and footer, and why both headers and footers are editable at the same time: You can see below that, at the intersection of the first page and the start of the second page, the editable footer area is visible, followed on the next page by an editable header. The document's text outside the header and footer is now showing at 50% transparency, and the footer editing area is visible as a normal Word document. Word 2007 will now enter in " header / footer editing mode", and let you type the information you need to display in the footer of each page. Double-click near the bottom edge of the document's "page" (see screenshot for mouse cursor position). Scroll until you see the bottom of a page, where the white typing area stops and Word interface starts (blue, by default). Open a Word document or create a new Word document to preview the footer in context, if your document is empty, type =rand() and hit Enter: Word 2007 will insert random text in your document. You can create a footer in various ways in Microsoft Word 2007: in this tutorial, we will show you the quickest (and most intuitive) way to insert a footer.
Within the header and footer sections, you can type or insert whatever information you want to appear. Note that you can also press the “Up” and “Down” arrows on your keyboard to move between the headers and the footers, as well.Ĥ.
When editing headers and footers, you can move between the headers and the footers using the buttons provided in the “Navigation” group on the “Design” tab of the “Header & Footer Tools” contextual tab in the Ribbon. Or, you can pick a specific type of Header or Footer to insert.ģ. In the drop-down menu for each button, you can then choose either the “Edit Header” or “Edit Footer” command to place the insertion marker into either the header or footer sections, depending on your selection.Ģ. To view and edit header and footer information in your document, select either the “Header” or “Footer” buttons, from within the “Header & Footer” group on the “Insert” tab in the Ribbon.
#AUTO POPULATE WORD DOCUMENT IN FOOTER HOW TO#
In this post, we will discuss how to enter automatic numbering into the header or footer sections of a document in Microsoft Word 2013.ġ.
#AUTO POPULATE WORD DOCUMENT IN FOOTER PROFESSIONAL#
Automatic page numbering can be a great final touch to formal papers such as research documents and professional reports.