Everything You Need to Know About Headers & Footers in Microsoft Word

About this video

Elizabeth explains headers (top of page, above body content) and footers (bottom, below body content), which repeat on every page for items like a document title, company name, logo, date or page numbers. Open them by double-clicking at the top or bottom of a page, or via Insert > Header and Footer; the body grays out and a Header and Footer tab appears. Close by double-clicking in the body or choosing Close Header and Footer. Inside, text formats like normal Word text, with preset tabs — left, center and right — so pressing Tab moves across; a common layout is company left, title center, date right. Page numbers are inserted from Page Number (top of page, bottom of page, margins or current position), are live fields that update automatically, and can be reformatted, e.g. to Roman numerals via Format Page Numbers. Options include Different First Page for a clean title/cover page, and Different Odd and Even Pages, as in printed books where book and chapter titles alternate. For completely different headers in one document, insert a Next Page section break under Layout > Breaks, then turn off Link to Previous — separately for header and footer — so sections become independent. Headers can also hold images such as a logo (keep it small, use Layout Options > Through to type around it) and shapes like a line. If content is cut off, adjust header/footer distance from the edge via Layout > Margins > Custom Margins.

Key takeaways

• Open headers/footers by double-clicking at the page edge or via Insert, and use the preset left/center/right tabs to position content
• Inserted page numbers are live fields that update automatically on every page, with style and format (including Roman numerals) changeable afterwards
• Use Different First Page to keep a title or cover page blank while the rest of the document keeps its header/footer
• For different headers mid-document, add a Next Page section break and turn off Link to Previous — header and footer must be unlinked independently
• Logos and lines can be added in a header; keep logos small and adjust header/footer distance in Custom Margins if content is cut off

Episode details: published May 18, 2026 · 10:01 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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