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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 13, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word allows you to add headers and footers to your document. Headers are nothing more than repeating text that appears at the top of every page of your printed document, whereas footers appear at the bottom of each page. The beauty of headers and footers is that they only have to be defined once, and then Word places them on your printed pages automatically. To define a page header or footer, do the following:
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2021-11-15 08:38:42
Pagination. Changing the page numbers between the cover page, the table of contents and then the main document. It kills me every time. Formatting. Going between centered titles and back to numerical numbering.
These are things I wish I had learned.
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