If you use a specific header in your documents, you can save yourself a lot of time by including your header in the gallery that exists in Word 2007, 2010, or 2013.
1. If you have already created your header in an existing document, open this document. Otherwise, open a blank Word document.
2. Double-click the top margin to move to the header/footer layer.
3. If you’re working on a blank document, take the time to create the header that you want to be able to use across multiple documents. If you have already created your header, skip this step.
4. Highlight/select your header.
5. Click on the Insert tab, go to Header and footer group and click the Header button.
Note: You will also find this button on the Header and footer tape.
6. Click on ‘Save selection to header gallery’.
Note: If this option is dimmed, it means you haven’t selected anything, so Word doesn’t have to save anything to the gallery.
7. Tea ‘Create new building block’ dialog box will appear.
8. name your header. Since we’re going to place this building block in a header gallery, don’t worry about including the word ‘Header’ in its name. If you want the building block to appear near the beginning of the header list, start the name with an asterisk or a number; for example use’*correspondence.’
9. Tea header gallery It should already be chosen, so you shouldn’t need to change the gallery option.
10 If you click the dropdown arrow next to ‘Category’ you will have the choice between Incorporated, Generalgold Create new category. Built-In is the best option if you want your header to appear near the top of the header gallery. The general category only has headers you’ve added, but it comes after all the built-in headers. If you want, you can create a category of your own, although I tend to save this for Quick Parts rather than the other galleries. The headings for each category are arranged alphabetically.
eleven It’s a good idea to add a description in the box provided. This can be extremely useful if you have created many different headers.
12 Leave the other options at their default options and click OK.
Your custom header is now in the gallery with all the other headers.
Test to see if your header works.
13 Open a document in which you can insert your header.
14 About him Insert tape on the Header and footer group click Header. Existing headers will appear at the top of the menu that opens. Scroll down to find its header and click on it. It does not need to be in the Header/Footer layer. Your header will be automatically inserted into your document.
Note: The fastest way to return to your document layer is to double-click the body of your document.
These same steps can be used to add a custom building block to any gallery in Word. Some of the other galleries you’ll find are footers, watermarks, page numbers, text boxes, and quick parts.
Stop reinventing the wheel. Saving your own custom building blocks in Word galleries will not only save you time, but it will also ensure that your documents have a consistent appearance and therefore make them look more professional. This technique is too good not to add to your toolbox.
