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Creating Headers and Footers in Word
(Graphics)
Opening screen shot “Creating Headers
and Footers in Word”
Have headerfooter.doc open after initial
Script
Using headers and footers in a multi-page
screen shot. It will appear as two pages in
document is a convenient and easy way to display
Print Layout view.
repetitive text such as your name, file name, dates,
and page numbers at the top or bottom of each
page. This feature makes it easier to manage multipage documents
Keep headerfooter.doc open
To make it more convenient to see headers
and/or footers develop, this document is displayed
for you in Print Layout view with Zoom set to two
pages.
Click on View, Header and Footer
Click on View on the main menu then click
Pause so students can observe the toolbar
on Header and Footer. The Header and Footer
and header and footer place holders.
toolbar appears. Also, header and footer place
Run mouse to header and footer
holders appear on each page.
placeholders.
Focus in on the header footer toolbar. Run
Buttons on the Header/Footer toolbar
the mouse over the buttons until some
represent auto codes. Auto codes update
screen tips appear.
information such as file names, dates, time, and
page numbers each time these change. Watch as
screen tips appear over some of the buttons.
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Let’s first click on the “Insert Date” button.
Move the toolbar closer to the headers to
make it easier to see the end result
The date appears at the left on both pages in the
Click on the Insert Date button. Pause for
header.
students to see the date in the header
Focus on the header area. Press the TAB
Press the TAB key on the keyboard. The
key to go to the center tab stop. Let
insertion point automatically goes to a predefined
students see the 
center tab stop in the header that looks like an
upside-down T.  Text centers in the header as it
is inserted.
Allow a tool tip to appear before you click
Click on the “Insert Page Number” button.
on the Insert Page Number button
The page number appears at the center in the
Pause so students can see the page
header. Page numbers increase sequentially as
number.
pages are added to the document.
Press the TAB key to get to the right tab
Next, let’s insert the file name using an
stop in the header. Focus on header so
auto code. Press the TAB key on the keyboard.
students can see the right tab stop
The insertion point automatically goes to a
predefined right tab stop in the header that looks
like a backwards L. Text moves to left as it is
inserted.
Focus on the header/footer toolbar.
Click on the “Insert AutoText” button.
Click on the Insert AutoText button
Click on filename from the drop down list. The file
Click on filename
name appears in the header on both pages. If you
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change the filename and have used an auto code to
insert it in the header, it will update automatically.
Zoom in on header content on Page 1.
Let’s zoom in to look at the header content.
Zoom in on header content on Page 2.
Notice the date, page number and file name remain
in the same place on each page. The page number
automatically changes with each page.
Focus on the header and footer toolbar.
Creating footers works the same as creating
Let the tool tip pop up on “Switch
headers. To work in the footer section, click on
Between Header and Footer” button
the “Switch Between Header and Footer” button.
Focus on the insertion point in the footers
The insertion point appears in the footer.
Closing screen shot “The End”