Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 Word 2021 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2016

A header or footer can contain text, information about the document, or even images. You can create one header or footer for the whole document, or have a different header or footer for the first page, odd. and even pages, or even multiple sections.

Note: You’ll get the most complete header and footer options in the desktop versions of Word. Some features are limited in Word for the web and mobile apps..

Header style selection dialog with one selected

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