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THE ALDUS GUIDE TO BASIC DESIGN
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”).