What are Header and Footer? How will you insert them in a document?

Header and Footer are those little identifiers that run across the top and bottom of the document, respectively. They include information like page numbers, date, title of a book/chapters, author's name and slide show theme, etc.

To insert header and footer in our document, we follow the given steps:

Step 1 — The Header and Footer buttons are found in the Header & Footer group on the Insert tab. Click on the Header button.

Step 2 — Select the Edit Header option from the drop-down menu. An additional tab with the name Design appears on the Ribbon.

Step 3 — On top of the page, we find the Header box, which is separated from the rest of the page with a dotted line.

Step 4 — Click in the Header box then type the text one wants on the left side.

Step 5 — Press the Tab key twice. The insertion point will jump to the right side. Click on Date & Time button in the Insert group on the Design tab.

Step 6 — Choose the suitable date and time format in the Date and Time dialog box and click on OK. The date/time now appears in the document accordingly.

Step 7 — Click the Footer button on the Insert tab and select the Edit Footer option. The Footer box will appear at the bottom of the page. We will observe that the insertion point appears on the left side of the Footer box.

Step 8 — Press the Tab key once, the insertion point will jump to the center of the page.

Step 9 — Click the Page Number button in the Header & Footer group on the Design tab and choose the Bottom of Page option from the drop-down list.

Step 10 — We can also select the Format Page Numbers option from the drop-down list. Select the required format from the Page Number Format dialog box. Click on OK.

Step 11 — Click on the Close Header and Footer button on the Design tab to close the Header & Footer tools.

The Header and Footer will be inserted in the document.