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Add headers & footers

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. In the top left, click Insert  Header & page number.
3. Choose Header or Footer.
4. Enter text for the header or footer.

Use different headers or footers per page or section

1. Click a header or footer. 
2. To choose your header and footer layout, check the box: 
   • Different first page: Use different headers and footers on the first page of the document or section. 
   • Link to previous: Uncheck if you want to use a different header or footer for that section. If you don't find this option, add a section break

Use different headers or footers on odd or even pages

1. Click a header or footer.
2. At the right, click Options. 
3. Under "Apply to," click Whole document.
4. Click Different odd and even  Apply.

Remove a header or footer

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Double-click the header or footer you want to remove. 
3. On the right, click Options  Remove header or Remove footer. 

Change or remove header & footer margins

You can set different header or footer margins for each section of your document or the entire document.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click in a header or footer.
3. At the top left, click Format Headers & footers  More options.
4. Under "Apply to," choose a section or the entire document.
5. Enter your margin sizes. 
6. Click Apply.

Tip: To remove header or footer space, change your margin size to 0. 

Add page numbers & total page count

You can add page numbers to the whole document, to specific sections of your document, or starting from a specific page.

1. Open a Google Doc.
2. In the top left, click Insert  Page number.
3. Then, click either:
   • Page number: Choose where you want the page numbers to go.
   • Page count: The page count is added wherever your cursor is placed in the document. 
   • More options: You can apply page numbers to specific pages or sections, or change their alignment. 

Start page numbering on a specific page or section

1. Open a Google Doc.
2. In the top left, click Insert Page number  More options.
3. Under "Apply to," choose where you want to apply the page number change.
   • Tip: If you don't find this option, add a section break. Learn how to add a section break.
4. Click Apply.

Add a footnote

1. Open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click where you want to insert a footnote.
3. In the top left, click Insert  Footnote.
4. Type your footnote.