Go to the Header & Footer Group, the click on either Header or Footer.Īfter you click on Header, choose a header style from the dropdown menu, as pictured below. To insert headers or footers, go to the Ribbon and click on the Insert tab. If you want to insert header and footer information (page numbers, title, date, etc.) into your document, you first have to decide if you want headers or footers. Remember, headers go at the top of the page. Footers go at the bottom. Insert Headers and Footers (Including Page Numbers)Ī header appears at the very top of a document. It typically includes the page number and title of the book.Ī footer appears at the bottom of a page. It can also contain a page number. You can also decide if you want the columns to apply to the whole document or from the current point in the document forward. In the dialogue box pictured above, you can adjust the width of the column, as well as the amount of space between columns. Select how many columns you want to use in your document.įor precise control over the column width and spacing, click 'More Columns….' Go to the Layout tab and click the Columns Button in the Page Setup group. Allow you to use space more efficientlyīelow is an example of a document that was made more interesting simply by breaking the text up into columns.Īdding columns to a document is incredibly easy.There are several benefits to using multiple columns. The text begins at the left margin and runs straight across the document to the right margin. However, if you're creating a newsletter or brochure, you might want to add multiple columns Want to learn more? Take an online course in Microsoft Word 2016.īy default, a blank document contains one column. Now take a look in the lower right hand corner of the window where it says 'Options.' Click that for even more control over your border and shading options.įrom here, you can choose the margins of your border, and whether or not to measure that from the edge of the page or the edge of the text. Using the Apply To dropdown, you can choose whether to apply these settings to the entire document or just certain pages or sections. You can even select some predefined artwork from the Art dropdown box. You can choose to remove a border by clicking the None box. Use this window to define the attributes of your border. When you click the Page Borders button, a new dialogue box opens.

To put a border around a page or a paragraph, go to the Design tab and click the Page Borders button in the Page Background group.

A border can also be applied to paragraphs. Borders can be applied to an entire page, an entire document, or just certain sections of the document.

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