To have different Headers or Footers for Different Pages in Word, depending on the need for different types of content in your document, we should break the sections on required pages and apply the header or footer. To do so, read this short reading or full reading article in its entirety.
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How to Have Different Headers or Footers in Word:
To make it easier for you to understand, Read each step carefully on Different Headers or Footers for Different Pages in Word:
- First, add enough pages with content in your document. For example, add 8 or more pages
- To Accommodate Different Headers and Footers for Different/Each Page in MS Word, click at the beginning of the first line of the page you want. For example, click the 2nd page as given on the page below.
- On the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click on the Breaks, and then select “Next Page” under the “Section Breaks”.
- Now, to stop the previous page Section Break (Header or Footer) or start a new section to the next pages wherever you want, click at the beginning of the first line on the next page, rather than the page that you want to stop the previous Header or Footer. For example, to stop at the 4th page and start from the 5th page, you should click only on the 5th page.
- Again, go to the Layout tab, click on the Breaks in the Page Setup group, and then select “Next Page” under “Section Breaks”.
- Again, to stop the previous page Header or Footer to the next pages wherever you want, click at the beginning of the first line of the next page, rather than the page that you want to stop the previous Header or Footer. For example, to stop at the 7th page, click the 8th page.
- Again Now, on the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click on the Breaks, and then select “Next Page” under the “Section Breaks”.
- After that, double-click on the top or bottom of any page to open the Header and Footer Tools Design tab
- Now click on page no. 2 where the first section break is being applied.
- Afterwards, click on the “Link to Previous” to remove the Previous Section Link for the Current Section.
- Then click on the 5th page where the next section break is being applied.
- After that, click on the “Link to Previous”
- Now click on page no. 8 where the 3rd section break is being applied.
- Again, click the “Link to Previous” to remove the Previous Section Link for the Current Section.
- Now, click between the 2nd and 4th page to select a page, which was between the first and second section breaks
- Then enter the Header or Footer name you want and format them as you wish.
- Now, click in between 5th and 7th page, which was the first and second section breaks
- Then enter the next Header name you want and format them as you wish.
- So, we left the 1st and 8th pages, if you wish to type the Header on these pages, then you can.
- Lastly, click on the “Close Header and Footer”
How to Change Different Headers or Footers in MS Word:
- First, add enough pages with content in your document. For example, add 8 or more pages
- For example, to start a new section (header or footer) from the 2nd page, click at the beginning line of the same page.
- And then click Layout → “Next Page” → “Section Breaks”.
- For example, to stop the previous page Section Break (Header or Footer) on the 4th page or start a new section from the 5th page, you should click the 5th page.
- And click “Layout” → “Next Page” →“Section Breaks”.
- Again, to stop previous page Header or Footer on the 7th page and/or start on the 8th page, click the 8th page.
- And click the “Layout” tab → “Next Page” → “Section Breaks”.
- After that, double-click on the top or bottom of any page to open the Header and Footer Tools Design tab
- Now click on page no. 2 where the first section break is being applied.
- Afterwards, click on the “Link to Previous” to remove the previous section link for the current Section.
- Also, repeat the 10th step for the next sections
- Finally, start typing the Header or Footer where you have applied the section breaks.
Do you want a different header and footer to appear on alternating pages?: Yes, to do this, use Continues, or Even and Odd Section Breaks. [2 Ways] Insert Even And Odd Page Section Breaks In Word.
Our Replay on Readers’ Comments about Different Headers or Footers:
- How to Make Different headers and footers on each page?: Creating a different header or footer on each page is the same as a different header and footer for different pages.
- How to Add Different Footers in a Word: Changing different footers for different pages is the same as changing different footers.
- How to Separate Header and Footer in Word: Just add the only header, or footer, not both on each page to separate them.
- How to unlink headers in a word: To unlink headers one must use section breaks
- How to have different headers in word 2019: To have different headers in Word 2019 is the same as all other versions as explained above.
- How to have different headers in word 2020: To have different headers in Word 2020 is the same as all other versions as explained above.
- How to have different headers in word 2016: To have different headers in Word 2016 is the same as all other versions as explained above.
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Conclusion:
I think you understood the different headers and footers as described above. However, the general method of applying headers and futures is well known. But, applying different headers and footers is not the most familiar thing, and applying it is a bit tricky. It is understood from the Lesson above that this approach makes it easier to understand the different sections of the document work.
But What is a Header or Footer?
The header is a piece of content /chapter-related information or something else that is highlighted at the top left, at the top centre, or top right of the pages wherever we want. We will change these by content or chapter.
The footer may be a date, address, content /chapter-related information, or something else that is highlighted at the bottom left, bottom centre, or bottom of the pages wherever we want. We may or may not change these by content or chapter.
How do I make the header different on each page?
To have different headers or footers, we should apply the section breaks. To apply the section breaks, we have deep knowledge of the Section Breaks in MS Word.
