Header and Footer Options

Below are the options available when adding headers and footers to a PDF document.

Settings

The options for a header and footer are as follows:

Profile

Name - Name of the header and footer profile (if created). To create a new profile select "<new profile>" and click Save. Then enter a name for the new profile

Show on Menu - Whether to show this header and footer configuration on the header and footer menu for faster access.

Margins

Units - Units to use when calculating the position of the header and footer. This can be inches, centimeters, or points. Points are calculated in the PDF standard, 72 points per inch.

Top - The distance of the margin from the top

Bottom - The distance of the margin from the bottom

Left - The distance of the margin from the left

Right - The distance of the margin from the right

Shrink Document - Shrinks the document based on Top and Bottom margins to prevent the Header or Footer from overlapping original document content.

Appearance

Font - The font for the header and footer

Font Size - The font size for the header and footer

Font Color - The font color for the header and footer

B - Makes all of the text Bold

I - Makes all of the text Italic

Border - Sets a border around the header and footer text

Border Color - Sets the color of the border

Width - Sets the width of the border

Background - Background color settings for the header and footer text

Pages 

Page Range - The range of pages to apply headers and footers.

  • All Pages: all pages in the document
  • Page Range: set the page range using the From and To options
  • Even Pages Only: only adds headers and footers the even pages
  • Odd Pages Only: only adds headers and footers the odd pages

Header & Footer

This section defines the text content for the different mark areas in the document

Header Left - Text placed in the left of the header

Header Center - Text placed in the center of the header

Header Right - Text placed in the right of the header

Footer Left - Text placed in the left of the footer

Footer Center - Text placed in the center of the footer

Footer Right - Text placed in the right of the footer

Insert - Use these options to insert custom variables within the content sections. Place the cursor where you would like the text and then click on the variable option you want to insert. These variables will be used when the headers and footers are placed on the document

  • Date - creates a date variable
  • Page Number - creates a page number variable
  • Bates Number - creates a bates number variable
  • Other - displays a list of other supported variables
    • $page – The page number
    • $author – Inserts the Author name set in Comments Preferences
    • $pagelabel - The bookmark for this page
    • $bookmark - The label for this page
    • $totalpages – The number of pages in the document
    • $filename – The file name that the document was opened from
    • $filepath – The full file path that the document was opened from
    • $date – The current date formatted as Nov 28, 2007
    • $shortdate – The current date formatted as 11/28/07
    • $time – The current time
    • $day – The current day of the month
    • $month – The current month, using two digits
    • $year – The current year, using four digits
    • $shortyear – The current year, using two digits
    • $second – The current second
    • $minute – The current minute
    • $hour – The current hour, 1-12
    • $ampm – AM or PM
    • $longhour – The current hour, 0-23

Preview Section

Allows you to see how the header and footer will look on the document once placed. Use the arrow buttons and drop down to navigate and preview a different page in the document.