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. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-07-22T14:18:57+00:00

    Link to Previous is greyed out if the document contains only one section. In order to unlink footers, you must insert section breaks.

    Since you are not the OP, perhaps it would be helpful if you explained what content you want to change on every page. If it's just the page number, the PAGE field does that automatically. If there's text on the page that you want to reflect (a heading or dictionary-style first and last word), you can do this with a StyleRef field. Neither of these requires section breaks.

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  2. Charles Kenyon 171.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-07-22T14:21:47+00:00

    So if the "link to previous" is greyed out you will have the exact same footer on every page which effectively makes the footer COMPLETELY useless? Word 2013 must be total $#!+ then if such a simple option is unavailable for editing.

    Link to previous is greyed out when there is only one section in the document or when you are in the first section.

    Even with only one section, Word has three footers. Even with only one footer, that footer can be different on every page of the document, not only with respect to the page number, but as to content, using the StyleRef Field to link to content on the page.

    Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 2007-2013

    There is much to complain about in Word, but this is not what you want to be complaining about. Do some reading.

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  3. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-07-22T18:31:55+00:00

    Word headers and footers still work the same as they used to in Word 97. You have to explain in detail what you are trying to accomplish.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-20T09:52:58+00:00

    Stefan Blom ! i have read and understood your answer concerning footnote and it really work for me. Thanks.

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