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<h1 id="hd_id3155863" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="header_footer"><link href="text/swriter/guide/header_footer.xhp">About Headers and Footers</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3154255" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Headers and footers are areas in the top and the bottom page margins, where you can add text or graphics. Headers and footers are added to the current page style. Any page that uses the same style automatically receives the header or footer that you add. You can insert <link href="text/swriter/01/04090000.xhp">Fields</link>, such as page numbers and chapter headings, in headers and footers in a text document.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150511" role="note" xml-lang="en-US">The page style for the current page is displayed in the <emph>Status Bar</emph>.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3155896" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To add a header to a page, choose <emph>Insert - Header and Footer - Header</emph>, and then select the page style for the current page from the submenu.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3147119" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To add a footer to a page, choose <emph>Insert - Header and Footer - Footer</emph>, and then select the page style for the current page from the submenu.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3153726" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">You can also choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Page Style</item>, click the <item type="menuitem">Header</item> or <item type="menuitem">Footer</item> tab, and then select <item type="menuitem">Header on</item> or <item type="menuitem">Footer on</item>. Clear the <item type="menuitem">Same content left/right</item> check box if you want to define different headers and footers for even and odd pages.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3146876" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To use different headers or footers in your document, you must add them to different <link href="text/swriter/guide/header_pagestyles.xhp">Page Styles</link>, and then apply the styles to the pages where you want the headers or footer to appear.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3150704" xml-lang="en-US">Headers and Footers in HTML Documents</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3150717" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Some of the header and footer options are also available for HTML documents. Headers and footers are not supported by HTML and instead are exported with special tags, so that they can be viewed in a browser. Headers and footers are only exported in HTML documents if they are enabled in Web Layout mode. When you reopen the document in $[officename], the headers and footers are displayed correctly, including any fields that you inserted.</paragraph>

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