Add a Header, Footer, or Legend

You can type or paste text, add project information (such as project subject, author name, and project keywords) and document information (such as page number, date, time, and file), and paste or insert graphic images into headers, footers, and legends. You can format text and information before or after placing them into the header, footer, or legend.

Headers can have five lines of information; footers and legends can have three lines. You can also adjust the width of the legend’s text box from 0 to 5 inches.

To add a header, footer, or legend to a view

On the View Bar, click the view you want.
To select a view that doesn’t appear on the View Bar, click More Views , click the view you want in the Views list, and then click Apply.
On the File menu, click Page Setup.
Click the Header, Footer, or Legend tab.
Under Alignment, click the Left, Center, or Right tab.
In the text box, type or paste text, add document or project information, or insert or paste a graphic.
To change the appearance of text, select the text you want to change in the text box, click , select the font options you want, and then click OK.
To add common information such as the page number, total page count, date, time, and file name, click the appropriate button below the text box.
To add information such as the project title, company name, project start date, view or report name, and last saved date, select the information you want from the list below the text box, and then click Add.

To add a header or footer to a report

On the View menu, click Reports.
Click the report type you want, and then click Select.
Click the report you want, and then click Select.
Click Page Setup, and then click the Header or Footer tab.
Under Alignment, click the Left, Center, or Right tab.
In the text box, type or paste text, add document or project information, or insert or paste a graphic.
To change the appearance of text, select the text you want to change in the text box, click , select the font options you want, and then click OK.
To add common information such as the page number, total page count, date, time, and file name, click the appropriate button below the text box.
To add information such as the project title, company name, project start date, view or report name, and last saved date, select the information you want from the list below the text box, and then click Add.