Netscape Navigator 7.0

Controlling Header and Footer

When you print a page in Netscape, the default header and footer contain such information as the URL, date, and page numbers. You can suppress this information when printing by making selections from the pull-down lists in the Page Setup dialog box.

Understanding the Page Setup Dialog Box
Changing the Headers and Footers
Creating Custom Headers and Footers
Deleting Headers and Footers

Understanding the Page Setup Dialog Box

You can select header and footer elements in the Margins & Header/Footer tab. There is a pull-down list for each region (left, center, and right) of the header and the footer. The top row of pull-down lists are used for those regions of the header, the bottom row of pull-down lists for those regions of the footer. The Margins & Header/Footer tab of the Page Setup dialog box is pictured here.
Margins & Header/Footer tab of the Page Setup dialog box

Changing the Headers and Footers

If you would like different information to appear in the header or footer or would like to rearrange information, you can do so in the Page Setup dialog box.

From the File menu, select Page Setup...
The Page Setup dialog box appears.
Select the Margins & Header/Footer tab
In the Headers & Footers section, using the pull-down lists, select the information to appear on your printed page
EXAMPLE: To have the URL of the web page appear in the upper left corner of your printed page, from the Left header pull-down list, select URL
Click OK
Proceed with printing

Creating Custom Headers and Footers

You are not confined to using the default selections for headers and footers. You can type custom text to appear in the header or footer of the printed page.

From the File menu, select Page Setup...
The Page Setup dialog box appears.
Select the Margins & Header/Footer tab
In the Headers & Footers section, from the pull-down list for the region that you want to customize, select Custom...
The Custom... dialog box appears.
In the text box, type the text you want to appear
Click OK
OPTIONAL: Using the pull-down lists, change other header and footer regions
Click OK
Proceed with printing

Deleting Headers and Footers

To prevent elements of the headers and footers from printing, follow these instructions.

From the File menu, select Page Setup...
The Page Setup dialog box appears.
Select the Margins & Header/Footer tab
In the Headers & Footers section, from the pull-down list for the region that you do not want to appear on your printed page, select --blank--
Click OK
Proceed with printing