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Position headers and footers

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

 

Do any of the following:

ShowAdjust the horizontal position

Center a header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.), or align it with the left or right margin (margin: The blank space outside the printing area on a page.).

  1. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
  2. If necessary, click Show Previous Button image or Show Next Button image on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) to move to the header or footer you want to adjust.
  3. On the Formatting toolbar, click an alignment button.

ShowTip

Use the preset tab stops (tab stop: A location on the horizontal ruler that indicates how far to indent text or where to begin a column of text.) in the headers and footers to quickly center an item or align multiple items (for example, align the date on the left and page numbers on the right). To center an item, press TAB; to right align an item, press TAB twice.

ShowAdjust the vertical position

Adjust the distance from the top or bottom edge of the page.

  1. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
  2. If necessary, click Show Previous Button image or Show Next Button image on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) to move to the header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.) you want to adjust.
  3. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Page Setup Button image.
  4. Click the Layout tab.
  5. In the Header box, enter the distance you want from the top edge of the page to the top of the header.

In the Footer box, enter the distance you want from the bottom edge of the page to the bottom of the footer.

ShowChange the distance between the document text and a header or footer

 
 

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