Word For Dummies

Chapter 14

Section Formatting

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using sections

Placing a cover page on your document

Adding a header or footer

Creating unique headers and footers

Suppressing the header and footer on the first page

Working with headers and footers in sections

Deleting a header or footer

Word page formats — such as paper size, margins, orientation, and columns — apply to an entire document, from “once upon a time” to “happily ever after.” That is, unless you split your document into sections. A section is a page-level container, limiting the effects of page formatting to the confines of the section. These formats include page size, margins, orientation, and columns, all of which are covered in Chapter 13.

Sections also affect headers and footers, which are text tidbits that appear at ...