Create header and footer

The following example shows you how to add header and footer to a document.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.HeaderFooter;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.AddText("Hello Word!");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.Add(run1);

            Run headerRun = new Run();
            headerRun.AddText("Header text");

            Paragraph headerParagraph = new Paragraph();
            headerParagraph.Add(headerRun);
            headerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Right;

            Header header = new Header();
            header.Add(headerParagraph);

            Run footerRun = new Run();
            footerRun.AddText("Footer text");

            Paragraph footerParagraph = new Paragraph();
            footerParagraph.Add(footerRun);
            footerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center;

            Footer footer = new Footer();
            footer.Add(footerParagraph);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph1);
            doc.Body.Header = header;
            doc.Body.Footer = footer;

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);

        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.HeaderFooter

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument

        Dim run1 As Run = New Run
        run1.AddText("Hello Word!")

        Dim paragraph1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        paragraph1.Add(run1)

        Dim headerRun As Run = New Run
        headerRun.AddText("Header text")

        Dim headerParagraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        headerParagraph.Add(headerRun)
        headerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Right

        Dim header As Header = New Header
        header.Add(headerParagraph)

        Dim footerRun As Run = New Run
        footerRun.AddText("Footer text")

        Dim footerParagraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        footerParagraph.Add(footerRun)
        footerParagraph.HorizontalTextAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center

        Dim footer As Footer = New Footer
        footer.Add(footerParagraph)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph1)
        doc.Body.Header = header
        doc.Body.Footer = footer

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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