Create headers and footers – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual

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USING INDESIGN CS4

Layout

Create headers and footers

Headers and footers run through the top and bottom of the pages in your document, providing important background
information. They can include such items as page, chapter, or section numbers; title or heading text; the author’s name;
and the document’s filename and creation or modification date.

You can add many of these items by using text variables. InDesign includes several preset variables, such as Creation
Date and File Name. You can modify these variables, and you can create your own. For example, you can create a
variable that displays the first use of a Heading paragraph style in the header or footer. Once you create or edit the
variables you need, you assemble them on the master page to create your header and footer, and then you apply the
master page to the appropriate document pages.

Using page numbers and variables to create a footer

A. Footer variable inserted on master page B. Variable text on document page that grabs text from the first heading on the page

For a video tutorial on creating headers and footers, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0078

1 If necessary, create or edit the variables you want to use in your header or footer. (See “

Create variables for running

headers and footers

” on page 94.)

2 Go to the master page where you want to add the header or footer.

The header or footer will appear on any document page to which the master page is applied.

3 Create a text frame large enough to include all the header or footer information. Place the text frame above or below

where the content of the document pages will appear.

4 Add text, page numbers, and variables as needed.

5 Apply the master page to document pages where you want the header or footer to appear.

6 If necessary, create headers and footers for additional master pages.

See also

Headers/Footers video

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* Playing to Strengths