Change headers or footers

1. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
2. If necessary, click Show Previous or Show Next on the Header and Footer toolbar to move to the header or footer you want to change.
3. Make your changes to the header or footer. For example, revise text, change the font, apply bold format, or apply a different font color.

   When you change a header or footer, Microsoft Word automatically changes the same header or footer throughout the document, unless the document contains different headers or footers in a section.

   Tip

   In print layout view, you can quickly switch between the header or footer and the document text. Just double-click the dimmed header or footer or the dimmed document text.

You can leave the header or footer off the first page or create a unique first page header or footer for the first page in a document or the first page of each section within a document.

1. If your document is divided into sections, click in a section or select multiple sections you want to change. Click anywhere in the document if your document is not divided into sections.
2. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
3. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Page Setup .
4. Click the Layout tab.
5. Select the Different first page check box, and then click OK.
6. If necessary, click Show Previous or Show Next on the Header and Footer toolbar to move into the First Page Header area or First Page Footer area.
7. Create the header or footer for the first page of the document or section.

   If you don't want a header or footer on the first page, leave the header and footer areas blank.

1. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
2. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Page Setup .
3. Click the Layout tab.
4. Select the Different odd and even check box, and then click OK.
5. If necessary, click Show Previous or Show Next on the Header and Footer toolbar to move into the odd or even header or footer areas.
6. Create the header or footer for odd-numbered pages in the Odd Page Header or Odd Page Footer area, and create the header or footer for even-numbered pages in the Even Page Header or Even Page Footer area.

A document must first be divided into sections in order to create a different header or footer for part of a document.

1. If you haven't done so already, insert a section break where you want to start a new section that contains a different header or footer.

   How?

   1. Click where you want to insert a section break.
   2. On the Insert menu, click Break.
   3. Under Section break types, click the option that describes where you want the new section to begin.
2. Click in the section for which you want to create a different header or footer.
3. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
4. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Link to Previous to break the connection between the header and footer in the current section and the previous section.

   Microsoft Word no longer displays "Same as Previous" in the upper-right corner of the header or footer.

5. Change the existing header or footer, or create a new one for this section.

1. Click in the section that contains the header or footer you want to make the same as the header or footer in the previous section.
2. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
3. If necessary, click Show Previous or Show Next on the Header and Footer toolbar to move to the header or footer you want to change.
4. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Link to Previous to reconnect the header and footer in the current section to those in the previous section.
5. Microsoft Word will ask if you want to delete the header and footer and connect to the header and footer in the previous section. Click Yes.