Adding a footer and page number

About this task

Place the commands for headers and footers for a node at the top of your template if you want them to apply to the whole document. You can change the header and footer for different parts of the document (see Multiple headers and footers). First, you move the text node you just added, add a footer with a page number, and follow these steps.

Procedure

  1. In the template view, click the text node you just added.
  2. Click the Move Node Up toolbar button (the green up-arrow) until the text node is at the top of the template view.
  3. With the text node still selected, right-click in the body of the Text tab, before the [CR] command, to display the menu.
  4. Select Commands > Begin Footer. You see the [BEGIN FOOTER] formatting command on the Text tab.
  5. Without moving the cursor, right-click again.
  6. Select Commands > Add Page Number.
  7. Right-click again, then select Commands > End Footer.
  8. Click Apply.

Results

The procedure for adding a header is similar to adding a footer: choose the Begin Header and End Header commands from the menu. It is best to place the header and footer commands in the body of the Text tab, rather than the heading section.

In Word, the header and footer text is assigned the header or footer style. The actual appearance of the header or footer depends on how the header and footer styles are defined in the Word template used to create the document.

Note: You can add additional formatting commands or text to your footer. For example, you can center the page number, bold it, or add the date and time. All these formatting commands are accessed from the menu. See the online help topic "What formatting can I specify?" for more information. In addition, you can add attributes, such as the model file name, to the header or footer by selecting Add Attribute from the menu.

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