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Creating Headers and Footers

A header is an area that appears at the top of a page. A footer appears at the bottom of the page. Information such as page numbers inserted into a header or footer displays on every page of the document with that page style.

To insert a header, choose Insert → Header → Default (or the page style, if not Default).

Other information, such as document titles and chapter titles, is often put into the header or footer. These items are best added as fields. That way, if something changes, the headers, and footers are updated automatically. Here is one common example.

To insert the document title into the header:

1. Choose File → Properties → Description and type a title for your document.
2. Add a header (Insert → Header → Default).
3. Place the cursor in the header part of the page.
4. Choose Insert → Fields → Title. The title should appear on a gray background (which does not show when printed and can be turned off).
5. To change the title for the whole document, go back to File → Properties and select the Description tab.

Fields are covered in detail in Chapter 14 (Working with Fields) in the Writer Guide.

For more about headers and footers, see Chapter 4 (Formatting Pages) and Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) in the Writer Guide.