Simply, click the Page Setup button or press Alt + U. If you change your mind and want to change the headers and footers again, you can easily access the Page Setup dialog box from the Print Preview window. Click the Turn headers and footers on or off button on the toolbar. On the Print Preview window, you can disable all the headers and footers easily with one click. The custom text you entered displays on the page in the Print Preview window. To view your changed headers and footers, select Print | Print preview from the gear menu in the upper, right corner of the Internet Explorer window. Enter the text you want to display on the header or footer in the edit box and click OK.Ĭlick OK on the Page Setup dialog box to accept your changes and close the dialog box. However, if your document has the same header on every page, all the headers will be removed.The Custom dialog box displays. For example, if your document has different headers on odd and even pages and you selected a header on an odd page, only the odd page headers will be deleted. This method will only delete the type of header or footer that you selected. Select Remove Header or Remove Footer from the drop-down menu.Header and Footer buttons in the Header & Footer tab (Note that these buttons are in a different location in the Header & Footer tab than in the Insert tab.)įigure 12. Select the Header or Footer button in the Header & Footer tab.Alternatively, you can right-click the header or footer and select the Edit Header or Edit Footer button (see figure 11). Double-click the header or footer you want to delete (i.e., First Page, Odd Pages, or Even Pages).How to Delete Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word The Header & Footer tab will open, and your cursor will automatically move into the header or footer space where you can make adjustments, as necessary.Alternatively, you can right-click the header or footer and select the Edit Header or Edit Footer button. Double-click the header or footer to open the Header & Footer tab.How to Edit Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word Header from Top and Footer from Button text boxes (Optional) Enter new numbers into the Header from Top and Footer from Bottom text boxes in the Position group to customize the amount of space above the header or below the footer.įigure 8.Previous and Next buttons with Even Page Header space You can also select the Header or Footer buttons to choose different built-in styles for odd and even pages (see figure 3). Type the information into the Odd Page Header and Even Page Header spaces. Select the Next and Previous buttons in the Navigation group to toggle between odd and even pages.Ħ.b. (Optional) Select Different Odd & Even Pages in the Options group to create different headers or footers on odd and even pages.įigure 6.Different First Page option and header space Leave the space blank if you don’t want a header or footer on the first page. You can also select the Header or Footer button to select a built-in style (see figure 3).ĥ.b. Type the information into the First Page Header space. (Optional) Select Different First Page in the Options group to create a different header or footer or no header or footer on the first page.ĥ.a.Select the placeholder text, and then type your header or footer information over the placeholder text.This tab only appears when you are working with headers or footers. Select a built-in style from the drop-down menu.Īfter you select a style, Word will automatically switch from the Insert tab to the Header & Footer tab.Header and Footer buttons in the Insert tab Select the Header or Footer button in the Header & Footer group.įigure 2.How to Insert Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word