Headers, footers and tables
in MS Word

Putting headers and footers in a document

The header and footer areas in a Word document are, as you might suspect, at the top and bottom of the page, outside the normal content area. Material you put in the header or footer differs from normal page content in that it will appear on every page in the document. Because of this difference, Word doesn't let you add or edit content to the header and footer while you are adding content to the page - you have to go into a different mode of operation, and while in that mode, and editing the header or footer, you cannot edit the page content.

You may decide that you want to put some of your personal details, such as your name, address, telephone numbers and e-mail in the header/footer area of your CV.

To enter the Header/Footer mode:

From the View menu, choose Header and Footer. This will open Header/Footer mode, and place the cursor in the header, so you can start typing stuff in straight away.

You will also notice that you have launched a Header/Footer toolbar, which contains buttons for a number of different operations you are likely to wish to perform in the header and footer.

To move between the header and the footer:

From the Header/Footer floating toolbar, choose the Switch between Header and Footer button. This moves the cursor into the footer (or back to the header if you press it when you are in the footer).

To leave Header/Footer mode:

From the Header/Footer floating toolbar, choose Close. This brings you back to page content mode.

Using a table to format your CV

Inserting a table in a Word document:

From the Table menu, choose Insert Table. From the pop-up, choose how many rows and columns you want in your table.

When the table appears on the page, the columns are all set to be equal in width. You can easily change the relative width of the columns by clicking and dragging the vertical lines of the table grid to a new position.

Click in a table cell to type in content, or you can select and drag existing material from elsewhere in your document into the table.

Use the Tab key to move from one table cell to the next.

Turning off the borders on a table

By default, the grid lines forming the table will print out as lines. You can see what you are going to get by looking at your document in Print Preview mode. If you want your CV to print out without the table lines, you need to remove the borders from the table:

• Select your table.
• From the Format Menu, select Borders and Shading.
• Select None from the available Options.

Now you will see the table grid as dotted lines in normal page mode, just so you can see where the actual table begins and ends, but the borders will not print out as lines.