What Headers and Footers Are Made Of

The more you understand about what headers and footers are made of, and how they work within FrameMaker, the easier it is for you to accomplish tasks that utilize these features. It’s important to take a quick tour of what’s inside FrameMaker’s headers and footers before moving on to more in-depth explanations and real-world examples.

Headers and footers can comprise any combination of hard-typed text, graphics, and FrameMaker variables. These elements are discussed in more detail in the following subsections.

Hard-Typed Text

A simple way to display information in headers or footers is just to type text directly into the header or footer of your document. However, this method neglects FrameMaker’s powerful ...

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