This should help you succeed! Adding Copyright Information to the Footer in Wordįigure 2: Example of a footer with a copyright notice, page number 1 and a top border in a Word documentĬopyright says who actually owns the piece of academic text that you are writing. However,footers (if required) are appropriate when you have longer documents.Īlso, it makes your writing look more academic and professional. You do not need a footer in a short essay, for example, of one or two pages. You may have to, or may choose to, put some other information. See why use page numbers for the reasons why you should have page numbers. The most obvious piece of information is the page number. Then it is up to you, and you may choose to have the page number in the footer.Ī footer provides information not related to the topic, for the reader such as a teacher, editor or colleague.
Sometimes there is no direction on how to present some information such as page numbers. You may not have to do anything with the footer. Note, several styles (such as the APA style) have page numbers in the header. The academic writing style you are using, or your educational institutes' standard, or your teacher's instructions requires you have information (such as the page number) in the footer. Why Use Footers in Academic Writing?įirstly, you may have to. This footer will appear at the bottom of every page. The footer in Figure 1 shows the Page number with a top border (you can format the footer in what ever way you like). The footer is repeated at the bottom of every page of the Word document unless you instruct otherwise. You can put anything you like in a footer but it depends on the academic writing style you are using.įootnotes will appear in the footer if you are using that style of referencing. Page numbers can also appear in the footer if that is the standard required.