Hello, my name is Erin.
This tutorial shows how to insert headers and footers on specific pages in Microsoft Word.
For example, you may want to have a different header and footer for each chapter in your document.
We will also look at how to remove the header and footer from the first page of your document or the first page of a section.
If you need a refresher on inserting, editing, and deleting headers and footers,
please see my previous tutorial titled “How to Insert Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word,”
which is linked in the description box below.
Today I’ll be using Word for Microsoft 365.
These steps also apply to previous versions of the software back to Word 2013
and Word for Mac.
The following steps will work in documents with or without existing headers and footers.
To begin, select the Home tab in the ribbon.
Next, select the Show/Hide button to show your formatting marks.
Now, select the Layout tab in the ribbon.
And then place your cursor at the beginning of the page where you want the new header or footer to start.
I am going to place my cursor here at the beginning of chapter 2
because I want to change the header from “Chapter 1” to “Chapter 2.”
Once your cursor is in place, select the Breaks button in the Page Setup group.
Followed by Next Page section break from the drop-down menu.
A section break should appear at the bottom of the previous page.
Next, double-click in the header or footer area of the page where you want new headers or footers to start.
Double-clicking opens the Header & Footer tab,
which only appears when the headers or footers are selected.
Now, deselect the Link to Previous button to disconnect the headers or footers
in the section you just created from the previous section.
It’s important to note that deselecting the Link to Previous button only disconnects the headers or footers.
It doesn’t disconnect the headers and footers.
The Link to Previous button will also disconnect any page numbers in the headers or footers.
Please see my other tutorial titled “How to Insert Page Numbers on Specific Pages in Microsoft Word” for more information.
If you don’t have an existing header or footer, select the Header or Footer button in the Header & Footer group.
And then select a style from the drop-down menu.
Next, type your information in the header or footer placeholders.
If you do have existing headers or footers, you don’t have to select the Header or Footer button.
Instead, you can just replace the existing text.
When you’re finished, select the Close Header and Footer button.
Repeat the previous steps until you have created new headers or footers in each of your sections, as necessary.
And then select the Home tab
and reselect the Show/Hide button to hide your formatting marks.
You may want to remove the header and footer from the first page of your document
if it is a cover page or the first page of the section if it is a title page.
Please note that removing the header and footer will also remove the existing page number
from the first page of the document or section.
To begin, place your cursor in the first page of the document or the first page of the section.
And then double-click inside the header or footer area to open the Header & Footer tab.
From there, select Different First Page in the Options group.
The header and footer should be removed from the first page of the document or section.
When you’re finished, select the Close Header and Footer button.
And as always, remember to save your file to save your changes.
I have created many other videos about Microsoft Word
including “How to Insert and Delete a Blank Page in Microsoft Word.”
And, “How to Save Tables and Figures as Images in Microsoft Word.”
Please see the complete list in the playlists titled “How to Use Microsoft Word”
and “How to Use Word for Mac” which are linked in the description box below.
All the steps we just performed are listed with images on erinwrightwriting.com,
along with all my other writing-related software tutorials to help you succeed at work and in the classroom.
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