Press Tab twice to move to the right edge of the header area, and click the Insert Date button.
Word inserts the current date. (To insert the current time, click the Insert Time button to the right of the Insert Date button.)
Click the Switch Between Header and Footer button to move to the footer area.
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The Header and Footer toolbar makes it easy to insert commonly used blocks of text into a header or footer, as well as fields for the date, the page number, the time, and so on. Here, you take a quick tour of some of the options available on the toolbar. Feel free to experiment on your own.
Click the Insert AutoText button, and then choose one of the AutoText entries you'd like to see.
Word inserts the AutoText entry in the footer. Select and delete this entry. Try a few other AutoText entries, and delete the last one.
Press the Tab key, type Page , and then press the Spacebar .
Click the Insert Page Number button, and then click Close in the Header and Footer toolbar.
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Deleting Fields
To delete a field, select it by double-clicking it or dragging over it with the mouse and then press the Delete key.
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Changing the Date Format
To change the date format that Word uses when you click the Insert Date button, open the Insert menu and choose Date and Time . In the Date and Time dialog box, select the desired date format, click the Default button, click Yes in the message box that appears, and then click OK .