Microsoft Word 2010 : Inserting a Preformatted Header or Footer

If none of Word’s built-in headers or footers appeals to you, you can download more from the Office.com website.

Adding a Preformatted Header to a Document

The following steps show you how to insert one of Word’s preformatted headers and fill its placeholders with information. Remember, the process is the same for headers and footers. Here’s what to do:

1.	In an open document that does not already have a header, click the Insert tab.
2.	In the Header & Footer group, click Header. (If you want to add a footer, click Footer instead.) A drop-down menu appears, showing a variety of preformatted headers, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Selecting a preformatted header.
3.	Scroll through the menu to find a header you like, and then click it. Figure 2 shows the result after choosing the Blank (Three Columns) header. Figure 2. The Blank (Three Column) header, with the first placeholder selected.
4.	Click a placeholder in the header to select it; then type text in its place. Do this again for any other placeholders in the header. If you decide you don’t need one of the placeholders, select it and press Del.
5.	When the header is finished, click the Close Header and Footer button on the Design tab to exit Header and Footer view. (Alternatively, you can double-click anywhere in between the header and footer areas to return to Print Layout view.) Notice that when you exit Header and Footer view, the header and footer areas are grayed out so that you cannot access them.

If none of the predefined options in the Header (or Footer) menu looks right, you can download a different one from Office.com. To view downloadable headers, open the Header menu; then click More Headers From Office.com. To view downloadable footers, open the Footer menu; then click More Footers From Office.com.