How to Keep the Footer in a Word 2007 Document From Printing
Footers are used to add repetitive text to the bottom of a document. You can apply the footer to some or all your pages without typing the text separately on each page. This can be useful if you're working with multiple pages. Footers save time, and your text appears in the same location on every page, keeping the font, style and layout consistent. Preventing the footer from printing in Word 2007 is a little tricky, but Word's margins can help.
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Instructions
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Prevent Footer from Printing on Multiple Pages
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Go to Microsoft Word 2007 and open the document you want to print.
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Insert a footer into your document by clicking on the "Insert" tab and choosing "Footer" from the "Header & Footer" group.
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Pick your footer design and type in the text for your footer in the footer area of the document.
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Click on the "Design" tab and go to the "Position" group. Change "Footer from Bottom" to "0." Then click on "Close Header and Footer."
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Update the bottom margin by clicking on the "Page Layout" tab. Select the arrow in the "Page Setup" group to expand the dialog launcher.
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Change the bottom margin to "1" inch, but leave the gutter position set to left and the gutter number set to zero. Then click on "OK." Word will ask if you want to fix the margins. Choose "Ignore" to leave the settings as is.
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Preview your page to check that the footer is invisible. To open the print preview option, select the Microsoft Office Button and click on "Print" and "Print Preview."
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Close the "Print Preview" and adjust your bottom margin if part of the footer is visible. Otherwise, select the "Print" button in the "Print Preview" window.
Prevent Footer from Printing on One Page
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Go to the document you want to print in Word 2007.
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Use your mouse to select only the areas you want to print on a page. To select multiple areas within your page, hold down the "Ctrl" key on your keyboard and select additional areas.
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Print the content without the footer by clicking on the "Microsoft Office Button." Choose "Print" and "Print" again.
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Choose "Selection" from the "Page range" section in the "Print" dialog box, then press "OK."
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Tips & Warnings
The steps under section two only work when you're printing pages individually. The "selection" option is grayed out (in the "Print" dialog box) when two or more pages are selected.
