Headers and Footers

[stan welks]

What is the difference between using the insert page number command and
inserting the page number within the footer of the document?

what are some other uses of headers and footers?

[Charles Kenyon]

Using the Insert Page Number command (which I think is a bad idea) inserts a
Frame in your document containing a page number field. Inserting the page
number within the footer (or header) places a page number field in the
header or footer. Generally, the header or footer is more accessible and
allows easier formatting.

For more on headers and footers see:
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm and
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/sections.htm

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[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Stan,

When you use the Insert/Page Number command from the menu, it puts the PAGE
field inside a frame. While the frame is anchored to the footer paragraph,
it isn't necessarily in the footer area that you see when you use the
View/Header and Footer command. You can grab the frame and drag it anywhere
on the page. This could be useful, for instance, for putting the page number
halfway up the page in the outside margin, a trick that book designers
sometimes do. Just beware of the printer's non-printing area.

In contrast, using the page number button on the Header/Footer toolbar
inserts the PAGE field in-line in the text of the footer (or header) without
a frame. You can use tabs if necessary to adjust its horizontal position.

You can put just about anything in a header or footer -- text, fields,
tables, pictures, text boxes and frames, etc. Pictures and text can be
formatted as watermarks. Whatever you put there appears on every page (or
first page only, or odd/even pages, depending on how you use File/Page
Setup/Layout) in the same section, and in any following section that's
marked Same As Previous. You can't have snaking columns (use tables
instead), footnotes (makes sense), comments (ditto), and a few other things.
Go to http://www.mvps.org/word/Search/index.html, click the Search button,
and look for "footer" or "header" to see some suggestions.

Regards,
Jay

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