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Add a page header and footer (letterhead)

Design a band at the top of the page and another at the bottom, and choose whether each repeats on every page, prints once, or prints on every page except the first.

5 min
Before you start · for owners and managers
The permission to edit document templates
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Steps

1
Turn on the header or the footer from the page settings.
2
Design its content: a logo, the company name, fields and page numbers.
3
Under Shows on, choose where it prints, from the table below.
4
Optional: set a fixed height, run it to the edge of the paper, or give it its own side margins.
5
Save and preview the PDF.
The band shows on the pages you chose.

How it works

To the edge of the paper: a repeating band can run from one edge of the paper to the other, while the body keeps its margins. Good for a colored band at the top of the page.

Its own side margins: for a repeating band that doesn’t run to the edge, set its distance from the 2 edges of the paper. If you leave it empty, it follows the page margins.

Height: reserves a fixed space for the band. If the content is taller, the band grows. In a band that prints once, the height is a minimum.

A repeating footer prints in the same position at the bottom of every page, including the last page.

Insert page_number and total_pages here to number the pages. See System fields: date, your name, record link and page numbers.

At a glance

Shows on
Prints on
Every page
All pages
First page only (header) or Last page only (footer)
The header on the first page only, and the footer on the last page only
Every page except the first
Page 2 onward. The first page’s body starts from the top margin

If something goes wrong

What you see
Why
What to do
“The header and footer leave no space for the content”
The 2 heights are too large.
Reduce the height or the margins.
The side margins don’t work
The band runs to the edge, or it shows once.
Side margins only work on a repeating band that doesn’t run to the edge.
The page number doesn’t show
You put it in the body.
Move it to the header or the footer.

A real example

Shield Security Co.
The situation

The first page is a cover, and the header mustn’t show on it.

What they did
  1. A header with the logo and the contract number, shown on Every page except the first.
  2. A footer that runs to the edge of the paper in the company’s color, with “Page page_number of total_pages“.
The result

A clean cover, and every page after it carries the company’s letterhead and its page number.

A made-up company, to show the idea. The numbers are rounded.

Good to know

A band can be up to 120 mm tall.
Side margins are between 0 and 100 mm, and the band must stay at least 40 mm wide.
There must be room for the body between the header and the footer.
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