If you run into a conditional header or footer request that you can't handle, take a look at Word fields. They're not magic, but it kind of feels like magic when they do what you want.

Choose the first option, "Blank." Word inserts a blank header showing [Type text] at the top of the document. Double-click the [Type text] wording and type your initials.

Learn how to insert Header or Footer, insert a page number, change the format of the page numbers or remove Header & Footer in Microsoft Word.

Unlock the secrets to customizing headers and footers in Microsoft Word. Follow our step-by-step guide to master document formatting.

You don’t have to take up space in your document for details like title, author, or date. Here’s how to add and customize headers and footers in Word.

Creating a unique header for a single page in Word 2013 can be challenging at first; when you edit the page header, Word applies the change to all the pages in the document.

Adding headers and footers to a Microsoft Word document is easy, even if you have a mix of header needs. Susan Harkins will show you how.

You can add page numbers in Word to the header or footer sections of a document using the page numbers option in the Insert menu.