How to Add Headers and Footers to a Microsoft Word Document

In this Microsoft Word tutorial, you will learn to add headers and footers to Word documents.

The information you include in the header and footer will vary from one document to another. Decide before you begin, how much information you want to include such as document title, chapter titles, page number, number of pages, date of creation, creator, date last saved, filename, or pathname.

Go to the View menu and select Header and Footer.

The Header and Footer for the document are placed in broken lined text box at the top and bottom of each document page and the body text fades to gray to show that the document text is not active.

Place the cursor in the Header box at the top of any page or in the Footer box at the bottom of any page and type the information you want to include. This information will be included on every page of your document.

Use the menus in the Header and Footer window to insert various commands such as Author, Page number, date, time, etc.

Use the Switch Between Header and Footer button in the Header and Footer window to switch between items when formatting.

Hover your mouse pointer over the icons on the Header and Footer window to show the function of each item.