Headers, Footers & Columns

 

 

Headers & Footers

Headers and footers are used to insert information that appears at the top or bottom of every page.  It is often used to insert the author’s last name and page number in research projects in MLA format.

 

To Create a Header or Footer

·        View ̃ Header and Footer

·        Enter the information to appear in the header

 

 

To Alternate Between Headers and Footers

·        Click the Switch Between Header and Footer icon

 

 

To Insert AutoText

·        Click the Insert AutoText button and select the text to add

 

 

 

 


                                                                                    Close headers

                                                                              Next header/footer

                                                                        Previous header/footer

                                                                     Switch between header & footer

                                                         Show / Hide Document Text

                                                       Page setup

                                                Insert Time

                                             Insert Date

                                       Format Page Number

                                     Insert Number of Pages

                              Insert Page Number

 

 

Newspaper Columns

 

To Create Columns

·        Select the text

·        Format ̃ Columns  or click the Columns icon  

·        Select the number of columns and the Width and spacing

·        Check the Line between box if you wish a line between column

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Turn Off Columns

·        Put the cursor where you want the columns to end

·        Format ̃ Columns  or click the Columns icon

·        Select one column

 

To Insert Column Break

·        Put the cursor where you want the column break

·        Insert ̃ Break ̃ Column Break

·        Click OK

 

 

 

 

RLS

12/31/1999