How do I make the footers different on every page on Microsoft Word?

Anonymous
2012-04-10T14:11:06+00:00

I can make even and odd pages have different footers, but I want page 4's to be different from page 2's and page 5's from page 3's.

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Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-04-10T18:00:04+00:00

To actually create a new footer for each page, you'll need a section break at the end of each page (and you'll have to unlink the relevant footers). But in what respect should footers be different? For example, if you want to include text from the page, you can format that text in a unique style and then make use of the STYLEREF field.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 171.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-19T19:17:41+00:00

    How do you "unlink the relevant footers"? There is no such thing as "unlink" in word according to a help search.

    There is "link to previous" setting. on the Header and Footer Tools Tab.

    As Stefan notes, you have to do this for every footer that you want unlinked. A document can have numerous footers.

    Header/Footer Settings Recap

    This is an old thread that has already been marked as answered. It will not get the same attention as a new question. If our responses are not sufficiently helpful, I would recommend posting a new question with your exact problem. What you have tried, what you want to happen, what has actually happened, with information about your system. That is the way to get the best answers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-09-30T21:19:44+00:00

    Yes they should be different if need be! 2017?

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  3. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-09-30T22:48:58+00:00

    Yes they should be different if need be! 2017? 

    To get full control over each page, you'll need page layout software. Publisher is one option but there are more capable ones (and also more expensive).

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  4. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-10-01T07:14:45+00:00

    Yes they should be different if need be! 2017? 

    They can be - you can have three different headers & footers per Section, plus you can use StyleRef fields; if that's not sufficient and you have more than 3 pages, simply use more Section breaks and accept the consequences of trying to force Word to work in a way that is contrary to both its design parameters and the way the vast majority of users use word-processors.

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