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Multiple repeating headers Word 2007

I have a very large document that has a weird structure. I am trying to figure out how to add footers that can be repeated later in the document with out having to copy paste them in e.g. Section 1 and section 4 would have the same footer, section 2, and section 3 would be different.

 

I already have sections breaks for setting up sections 1, 2 and 3 with separate repeatable headers (each page added to that section has the same footer). It's linking to that first section im wondering if there is an ability to do so.

 

 

Title page

TOC

Section 1 (legal jargon footer)

Section 2 (Document information footer)

Section 3 (notes footer)

Section 4 - this needs to repeat the legal jargon footer

You can link footers (using the controls on the Header & Footer Tools Design tab), but you can only link the current footer to that of the preceding section. If you want to duplicate the footer of section 1 in section 4, you can bookmark the content and insert a cross-reference to bookmark text in the section 4 footer.

Note that each Word section can have up to three footers (and three headers); this is the case if you have enabled "Different odd and even" and "Different first page" in Pager Setup. These must all be dealt with separately.
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If your legal jargon is consistent across a number of documents, you might want to save it as an AutoText building block. If it's used only in documents based on a specific template, save it in that template.

 

Or you can save it as a Footer building block; just type the desired text in your footer, then click the Footer button on the contextual Header & Footer Tools | Design tab and select "Save Selection to Footer Gallery..." Give it an appropriate name and save it. 

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You can link footers (using the controls on the Header & Footer Tools Design tab), but you can only link the current footer to that of the preceding section. If you want to duplicate the footer of section 1 in section 4, you can bookmark the content and insert a cross-reference to bookmark text in the section 4 footer.

Interesting, this is one instance where the REF field is superior to the StyleRef field (which will not repeat text in a style found only in a header or footer).

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Even if STYLEREF could repeat content located within footers (or headers), we wouldn't want to repeat the "current" footer in this case. In other words, a REF (cross-reference) field is what we want.
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