Add dates, titles, or names to every page in a document using headers and footers. You can do this with Google Docs, but not Google Sheets or Slides.
Note: You can only see and edit page numbers, headers, and footers when a document is in "Print layout" mode.
Add a header or footer
- Open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
.
- In the top right, tap More
.
- Turn on "Print Layout."
- Tap the header or footer.
- Type the text you want in your header or footer.
Change or remove header & footer margins
Add page numbers
- Open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
.
- Tap Insert
.
- Tap Page Number
.
- Choose where you want the page numbers to go, and whether you want the first page to be skipped.
Add a footnote
- On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
- Tap Edit
.
- Tap where you want to insert a footnote.
- In the menu at the top, tap Insert
Footnote.
- Type your footnote.
Note: To remove header or footer space, change your margin size to 0.