If you’re writing a longer document, you might want to add chapter headers. If nothing else, they make it much easier to find a particular section in a document quickly. Some universities also require them in theses and dissertations.
Luckily, they’re also reassuringly easy to add in Microsoft Word, as we will explain in this post.
Microsoft Word can automatically generate chapter/section headers based on the headings in your document. But to do this, you need to apply Heading styles first.
These can be found in the Styles gallery on the Home tab (or via the Styles pane). Usually, you would use ‘Heading 1’ for the main headings in your document. So what you need to do is:
If you need to apply specific formatting options, right click and select ‘Modify’
Next, you will need to add section breaks between each chapter. This will let you apply a different header to each section of the document. The process here is:
Adding section breaks.
And now, the moment of truth! This step can be broken down into two parts. First, you need to make sure that the headers in each section are separated. To do this:
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Editing headers.
Unlinking sections.
This will let you apply a separate header in each section. All you need to do is:
Cross-referencing.
Adding chapter headers.
This will add the chapter title to the page header throughout each section. Keep in mind, though, that you will need to change the headers if you revise the chapter titles during editing, as they do not update automatically.
Once this is done, your document will look superbly professional.
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