Headers & Footers

Add consistent text to the top (header) and bottom (footer) of every page in an export. Useful for a company name, document title, confidentiality notice, or any repeated content.

How It Works

Headers and footers are defined per template. When an export uses that template, the text appears in the Word document's header and footer, where you can still edit it in Word.

Configuring a Header

Open a template for editing (Confluence Settings → Word Exporter)
Turn on Header
Enter your Header Text
Choose the Position: Left, Center, or Right
Save the template

Open a template for editing
Turn on Footer
Enter your Footer Text
Choose the Position: Left, Center, or Right
Save the template

Page Numbers

Page numbers are configured separately from the header and footer text but follow the same positioning. They can be placed in the header or footer area. They are Word page fields, so they stay correct when you add or remove content in Word.

Setting	Description
Enabled	Turn page numbers on or off
Format	`3` / `3 / 12` / `Page 3 of 12`
Position	Left, Center, Right

In a merged export, page numbers are continuous across the whole document.

Combining header or footer text with page numbers: You can have a text header and page numbers in the footer, or the other way round. They are configured independently.

The preview in the Export to Word dialog doesn't show page numbers. They appear once the file is opened in Word.

Examples

Company report:

Header: ACME Corp, Confidential
Page numbers: Page 3 of 12 (center, footer)

Simple archive:

No header
Footer: document date or space name
Page numbers: 3 (right, footer)

Minimal:

Header: off
Footer: off
Page numbers: off

Notes

Header and footer text is plain text; no markdown or HTML is supported
To change the header or footer after downloading, double-click it in Word and edit it like any Word header or footer