To add a header or footer with your name and page number: 1. Select the Insert tab and choose Page Number, Top of Page, and Left position. 2. Type your name before the inserted page number. 3. To change the page number format, double-click the header/footer and choose Format Page Number, adjusting the Start At number as needed.

1. Microsoft Word “How-To’s”
Headers & Footers
How to:
Put you name and page number on the
header (or footer).
Control page numbers if the first page is
different.

2. Name and Page Number

3. Name and Page Number
To insert information at the top of the page (header) or
bottom of the page (footer), first select the Insert tab.

4. Name and Page Number
Choose:
1 - Page number
2 - Top (or bottom)
of page
3 - Choose the
position (left,
center, or right)

5. Name and Page Number
Notice that now the header (or footer) area is open, and a page
number has been inserted.
If you need additional information such as your name to appear,
you can begin typing it now…

6. Name and Page Number
Simply make sure that your mouse cursor is in front of the page
number and begin typing.
If you need your last name or other information to appear
toward the left, simply press the tab key a few times after typing
your information.

7. Name and Page Number
To return to the body of your paper
(leave the header/footer area),
select Close Header and Footer.

8. Name and Page Number
In some cases, you might have a
title page and not wish to have the
header appear on that page.

9. Name and Page Number
To return to the header and footer
menu, double-click the information
in your header or footer.

10. Name and Page Number
Put a check next to Different First
Page. The header/footer will
disappear as soon as you add the
check.

11. Name and Page Number
Although the header/footer no longer
appears on the first page, it still
appears on the following pages.
However…
You may want your 2nd page to say
page 1 instead of 2…

12. Name and Page Number
To have the page numbering start at a
different number:
1 - Double-click in the header/footer
area.
2 - Choose page number
3 - Choose Format Page Number

13. Name and Page Number
Change Start At to zero (0).
(Title page will be page zero,
and your first page will now
be page 1.)
Adjust as needed if you need
to start with a different
number.