HeadersFooters Collection Object

Description

A collection of HeaderFooter objects that represent the headers or footers in the specified section of a document.

Using the HeaderFooters Collection

Use the Headers or Footers property to return the HeaderFooters collection. The following example displays the text from the primary footer in the first section of the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary)
    If .Range.Text <> vbCr Then 
        MsgBox .Range.Text
    Else
        MsgBox "Footer is empty"
    End If
End With

Note You cannot add HeaderFooter objects to the HeaderFooters collection.

Use Headers(index) or Footers(index), where index is one of the WdHeaderFooterIndex constants (wdHeaderFooterEvenPages, wdHeaderFooterFirstPage, or wdHeaderFooterPrimary), to return a single HeaderFooter object. The following example changes the text of both the primary header and the primary footer the first section of the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections(1)
    .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = "Header text"
    .Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Text = "Footer text"
End With

You can also return a single HeaderFooter object by using the HeaderFooter property with a Selection object.

Remarks

Use the DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter property with the PageSetup object to specify a different first page. The following example inserts text into the first page footer in the active document.

With ActiveDocument
    .PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True
    .Sections(1).Footers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Range.InsertBefore _
        "Written by Kate Edson"
End With

Use the OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter property with the PageSetup object to specify different odd and even page headers and footers. If the OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter property is True, you can return an odd header or footer by using wdHeaderFooterPrimary, and you can return an even header or footer by using wdHeaderFooterEvenPages.

Use the Add method with the PageNumbers object to add a page number to a header or footer. The following example adds page numbers to the first page footer in the first section in the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections(1)
    .PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True
    .Footers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).PageNumbers.Add FirstPage:=True
End With

Properties

Application property, Count property, Creator property, Parent property.

Methods

Item method.