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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Formatting Headers or Footers</title>
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  <bookmark_value>inserting;lines under headers/above footers</bookmark_value>
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<comment>MW changed "inserting;"</comment>

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<paragraph id="par_id3154243" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can apply direct formatting to the text in a header or footer. You can also adjust the spacing of the text relative to the header or footer frame or apply a border to the header or footer.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3155873" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - Page Style</item> and select the <item type="menuitem">Header</item> or <item type="menuitem">Footer</item> tab.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3147109" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Set the spacing options that you want to use.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147128" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To add a border or a shadow to the header or the footer, click <item type="menuitem">More</item>. The <item type="menuitem">Border/Background</item> dialog opens.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3150520" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To add a separator line between the header or the footer and the content of the page, click the bottom edge of the square in the <emph>Line arrangement</emph> area. Click a line style in the <emph>Style</emph> box.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3153742" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To adjust the spacing between the content of the header or footer and the line, clear the <emph>Synchronize</emph> box, and then enter a value in the<emph> Bottom</emph> box.</paragraph>
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