Headers and footers are useful for including material that you want to appear on every page of a document, such as your name, the title of the document, or page numbers.
How to add a Header or Footer to a document
1. Click on the ‘Header and Footer’ button from the sidebar, and select Header or a Footer from the options.2. Input the content you want to include in the header or footer in the highlighted field.
Please note that depending on the output file selected on the Settings tab, the text you should type can be different. For example, based on the table below, if you want to have a Page Number as part of your Header and Footer, you should type {PAGENO} if the Output File is PDF or JPEG but {PAGE} if the output file is DOCX.
Content |
Example |
Output File type supported |
|
Plain text |
This is my header |
DOCX, PDF, JPEG |
|
Merge fields |
{$myField} |
PDF,JPEG |
|
Images |
Note: When inserting an image into a header or footer, you need to define the height and width of the image like |
PDF, JPEG |
|
Page Number |
{PAGENO} |
PDF, JPEG |
|
Page Number |
{PAGE} |
DOCX |
|
Total number of pages |
{nb} |
PDF, JPEG |
|
Total number of pages |
{NUMPAGES} |
DOCX |
|
Current Date |
{DATE j-m-Y} |
PDF, JPEG |
|
Current Date |
{DATE} |
DOCX |
3. After inserting the content, save the header or footer. You will be able to see added content in the Document Builder.
To edit content, you can click on the ‘Header and Footer’ button from the sidebar and repeat the same process.