MS Office Excel: insert footer

This guide shows you how to insert a footer in MS Office Excel.

Insert footer in Excel

1. First open Excel and the document you want to edit.
2. Click on "View" in the menu bar and select "Header and Footer".
3. In the next window you can define a footer for your document. Various specifications are available. Alternatively, you can create your own footer by clicking on "Adjust footer ...".
4. After closing the window with a click on "OK", the footer is inserted. However, this is not displayed in edit mode. The footer only appears after you have changed the view under "Layout" and "Page layout".

In the next practical tip we will show you how you can delete empty lines under MS Office Excel.