the title or chapter name , author name of a document. The Footer is a section of the document that appears in the bottom margin of the page which displays the page number, date, time etc. which gets displayed on all the pages automatically. .
. Inserting Header and Footer • Select from the main menu Insert → Header → Default • The header text area is separated from the normal text area. • In the header area, enter the text that is to be repeated in all pages or Select Insert → Fields → Title. Similarly to insert a Footer, the steps are as given below: • Select from the main menu Insert → Footer → Default Chapter • Place the insertion pointer in the footer area of the page .
• Select Insert → Fields → Date to insert date in all the pages. Once the Headers and Footers are given in the first page, the same text appears in all the pages. . .
Inserting and Formatting page numbers Once the Header / Footer area are created, the page numbers can be inserted by performing the following steps: • Place the insertion pointer where you want to insert the page number • choose Insert → Fields → Page N u m b e r • The page number appears with a gray background Normally, the page numbers appear as , , ….., To change the numbering style, the following sequence of steps can be performed: • Position the insertion pointer where the page number has to appear • Select Format → page, which will display the Page Style dialog box as in Figure . . • Select Page Tab • In the Layout settings, select the Format drop down combo box • Select the desired style and click OK button. Figure .
Page Style dialog box Chapter . . Open a new document in OpenOffice writer. • Type the following paragraph “Learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge, and knowledge makes you great” • Save the document