How to Put a Header in a Word 2007 document

Sometimes a little bit of help is all we need:

To put a header in a Word 2007 document:

Open a document or create a new document.

Click on INSERT (the second tab from the left across the top ribbon).

About half way to the right-hand side there is a tab HEADER. Click on it.

This will bring up a menu: click on BLANK 3 COLUMN. This will put your cursor into the Header area at the top of the page. You will see [Type text] at the left, in the centre, and at the right-hand margin.

Place (hover) your cursor over the left-hand [Type text] field. It will highlight. Type your name.

Hover your cursor over the middle [Type text] field. It will highlight. Type your Student Number.

Hover your cursor over the right-hand [Type text] field. It will highlight. Type a short version of your title.

To enter the page number, type Page, then one space, and then at the top left of the ribbon, third tab from the left, click on Page Number. This will bring up a menu. Choose Current Position, then choose Plain Number. The number will appear in the header, and will automatically advance for each page.

To get out of the header area, just double click anywhere on the actual document page. If you want to go back into the Header area to change it, just double click your cursor anywhere within the header area. The Header font looks dark grey instead of black, but when it prints, it will print in the same black as the rest of the font.