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Headers and Footers

Always keep your reader informed.

Information in the top and bottom margins of each page helps readers locate specific information and moni- tor their progress through your publication.

Headers (also called “running heads”) refer to informa- tion contained at the top of each page. Sometimes this information simply repeats the publication’s title and the name of the author or publishing firm. Often, headers identify the chapter of division title, or perhaps a com- pany name.

Page numbers can be placed at the top of a page in the header or in the information contained in the bottom margins of each page. Information and page numbers located at the bottom of a page are called footers (or “running feet”).

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