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Define the header and footer

You can add a header and footer to the pages of the document.

Additional actions

Description

Remove the header and footer

  • Click [Pages] - [Remove header and footer].

    The header and footer are removed from your document.

Include or exclude pages from page numbering

You can add a header and footer to the pages of the document. The page numbers are added to the header or footer. You can include or exclude pages from the page numbering.

  1. Select the pages that you want to exclude from the page numbering.

  2. Click [Pages] - [Exclude from page numbering].

    The pages are excluded from the page numbering. The pages are also excluded from the total number of pages of the document.

  3. Select the pages that you want to include for the page numbering.

  4. Click [Pages] - [Include for page numbering].

    The pages are included in the page numbering. The pages are also included in the total number of pages of the document.

  1. Select the pages for which you want to create the header and footer. To add the header and footer to the entire document, select [Whole document] for option [Apply settings to] in the dialogue.

  2. Click [Pages] - [Header and Footer].

    At the top of the [Preview] pane, three text areas are available to define the header. At the bottom of the [Preview] pane, three text areas are available to define the footer. The text for the [Header and Footer] is not wrapped. Press 'Enter' to start the text on a new line. You can define different fonts and colours for the text in each of the text areas.

    NOTE

    The text in a text area can overlap the text of other text areas. The text in a text area can also overlap the text of the document.

  3. Create the header and footer.

    Table 1. Header and footer settings

    Setting

    Description

    [Text]

    You can use different fonts and colours for the header and footer.

    [Page number...]

    You can add page numbers at the current position in the selected text area.

    1. Click [Page number...] and select:

      • [Start at] to define the first page number to use for the page numbering.

      • Or simply add the current page number. The page numbering increases for each page.

    2. Select the format for the page numbers.

    3. [Number of digits]

      When applying a page number on one or several pages, you can set a fixed number of digits for the page number. Leading zeros are used to pad the page number. The required number of digits may be exceeded if more digits are necessary for the page number.

    4. [Insert total number of pages of the document]

      Select this option to add the total number of pages of the document to the page numbering. The page numbering is displayed as: <current page number>/<total number of pages>.

    5. [Repeat page number]

      Select this option to use the same page number on a number of consecutive pages. For example: [Repeat page number] = 4. The selected page and the next four pages receive the same page number.

    [Filename]

    You can add the filename at the current position in the selected text area.

    [Date...]

    You can add the date at the current position in the selected text area. The [Date...] is added as plain text. Select the correct format for the date.

    [Section name]

    You can add the [Section name] at the current position in the selected text area.

    [Time...]

    You can add the time at the current position in the selected text area. The [Time...] is added as plain text. Select the correct format for the time.

    [Document title]

    You can add the [Document title] at the current position in the selected text area.

    [Margins]

    Set the margins between the paper edges and the header and footer.

    [Print header/footer on both sides]

    Define if you want to add the [Header and Footer] on the [Front and back side] or on the [Front side only].

    [Mirror on back side]

    Enable this option to print the [Header and Footer]:

    On the front side: <left text area> - <centre text area> - <right text area>

    On the back side: <right text area> - <centre text area> - <left text area>

    [Apply settings to]

    Define if the [Header and Footer] are added to the [Whole document] or just to the [Selected pages].

  4. Click [OK].