How to change all headers and footers in word at once

The header is a part of a document located at the top margin of each page. It’s useful for showcasing additional information like the title, author, page number, or objects and images that add design to your document. 

However, even experienced users may have difficulties when documents require more than one header, such as with corporate or academic documents.

The cover page, the main text, and other pages in different orientations can all have dissimilar headers.

Fortunately, MS Word offers several ways to add different headers on each page. 

2 Ways to Have a Different Header on Each Page in MS Word

• Using preset header options
• By inserting section breaks

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Method 1: Using the Preset Header Options

In this method, we’ll show you how to use the Design tools to configure two different header options.

How to unlock header and footer in word

The first approach is helpful if you simply want your first page to have a different header from the rest of the document. The other approach allows you to set up two different headers for each odd and even page.

Here are the steps to access the Design

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