II, How to insert or remove header line in wordġ. Window, and select the "Remove Header" at the bottom of the pop-up menu, the header is deleted the operation steps are as shown in Figure 3: Modify the header style will delete the text of original header, so it is best to copy the original header text before modifying, in order to modify the header and then add them.ĭouble-click the header, enter header and footer editing state, click the "header" on the upper left corner of the Double-click on the text to select them, enter new text(such as "Word Tutorial"), click "Close Header and Footer" to return to edit state the operation steps are as shown in Figure 2:Ģ. If you want to modify the header style, click the "header" on the upper left corner of the window, select one of the pop-up styles (such as "Austin"). If you want to modify the text, select the original text and enter the new text. Double-click the header to enter the header and footer editing state. Exit the header and footer editing state there are two ways, the first is to double-click anywhere in the body of the page, the other is to click the "close header and footer" on the upper right corner of the window (that is, the background is red X icon ).ġ. Select the "Insert" tab, click "Header", select the first one in the pop-up style, insert the header in all pages of the document input or copy the text to header (such as putting "Word Tutorial" Copy to the header select the text, select "Home" tab, click the "Font Size" drop-down list box, select a font size (such as 12), put the font size is set larger theoperation process steps are as shown in Figure 1:Ģ. Here's how the headers and footers are set, modified, deleted, and how their horizontal lines remove 13 instances.ġ. If you want the horizontal line, you can insert it. After setting the parity page to be different, you can also set the parity page number to be continuous.īy default, the header and footer in word haven't a horizontal line (that is, underlined text). In that case, you may find the macro in this WordTip a real timesaver: Deleting All Headers and Footers.Header and footer in word are all the same by default, but you can set different home and other pages, different odd and even pages, different vertical and horizontal pages, and you can set the first page and the last page without the header but all pages in the middle must has a header. (An odd-page header/footer, an even-page header/footer, and a first-page header/footer.) If you want to delete all the headers and footers in every section of your document, it is better to use a macro. Remember, as well, that if your document uses sections, it is possible for there to be three headers and three footers for each section in your document. The only way to get rid of the entire thing is to follow the steps as outlined. Thus, if you have (for instance) a header or footer that includes a paragraph border, that border is still visible after you use the Remove Header or Remove Footer tools. The reason is simple-in my testing, clicking those options removes the header or footer text, but it doesn't remove the header or footer paragraph. You may wonder why you don't just click Remove Header or Remove Footer, options available after you complete step 3 of these steps. On the Header & Footer (or Design) tab of the ribbon click on Close Header and Footer.As long as you are actually in the header or footer, only the header or footer contents will be selected.) (A quick way to select the entire header or footer is to press Ctrl+A. Make sure you get all the contents, including the paragraph mark at the end. Select the contents of the header or footer.Word displays the header or footer along with the Header & Footer tab of the ribbon (Design tab in older versions of Word). Click Edit Header or Edit Footer, depending on which tool you clicked in step 3.Word displays a drop-down list of options. In the Header & Footer group, click either Header or Footer, depending on which one you want to delete.Position the insertion point in the section that has the header you want to delete.If you want to fully delete a header or footer in your document, follow these steps: