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How to Create Custom Cover Pages in Microsoft Word
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A great cover page draws in readers. If you use Microsoft Word, you’re in luck, because Word has ready to use cover pages. But did you know that Word also lets you create custom cover pages? Here’s how to use both.
How to Add a Ready-to-Use Cover Page to Your Word Document
Word includes some cover page templates you can insert and then customize a bit if you need a quick cover page for your document.
To find them, switch over to the “Insert” tab on Word’s Ribbon and then click the “Cover Page” button. (If your window isn’t maximized, you might see a “Pages” button instead. Click that to show the “Cover Page” button.)
On the drop-down menu, click the cover page you want to use.
You can now add your document title, subtitle, date, and other information, as well as change the design up a bit if you want.
How to Create a Custom Cover Page in Microsoft Word
Creating a cover page from a template is easy enough, but if you don’t like any of the built-in designs, you can create your own. You can do this on an existing document, but it’s easiest to start with a blank document. We’re going to be saving the custom cover page so that you can quickly insert it into an existing document anyway.
You can create your cover page using pretty much any of Word’s tools. You can add a background color, picture, or texture . You can also position those elements how you want and even apply Word’s text wrapping tools to them. Make it look however you want.
When it comes to content, you have a couple of options. You can just type the text you want, but that wouldn’t make it much of a template unless you want the same text on the cover page every time you use it.
Instead, you can use Word’s Quick Parts feature to add document properties to the document. To do that, switch over to the “Insert” tab and then click the “Quick Parts” button.
On the drop-down menu, point to the “Document Property” submenu, and you’ll see a bunch of different properties you can insert into your document: author, title, company, publish date, and so on. Go ahead and insert whichever properties you want to appear on your title page.
When you’re done, you’ll have several fields on your page. When you insert your cover page into a document later on, those fields are populated with the actual properties from the document (and you can also edit them on the fly if you want).
They’re super plain to start with, but you can treat them like any other text in Word by applying styles and formatting, centering them on the page—whatever. Here, we’ve centered them on the page, applied the Title style to the title, shifted things down on the page a bit, and inserted a filigree illustration for a little flair. It’s not the prettiest cover page around, but it’s a good working example.
Now that we’ve got our cover page the way we want it, it’s time to create a cover page template out of it.
First, select everything in the document (that’s why we recommend starting this in a blank document) by pressing Ctrl+A. Next, head back to the “Insert” tab and then click that “Cover Page” button again.
This time, choose the “Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery” command from the drop-down menu.
In the window that opens, give your cover page a name and fill out a brief description if you want. Click “OK” when you’re done.
Now when you open the “Cover Page” drop-down menu in the future, you’ll see your new cover page template in the “General” section. Click to insert it just like you would one of Word’s built-in cover pages.
And that’s it. Creating custom cover pages for your document is pretty easy once you know where to look. While you’re at it, learn a few more quick tips on putting together professional-looking documents in Word .
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- How to Create a Built-In Cover Page
How to Create a Custom Cover Page
- How to Delete a Cover Page
How to Remove Page Number Zero from a Cover Page
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The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365 on a PC. These steps will also work in Word 2021, Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word 2010. However, your interface may look slightly different in those older versions of the software.
How to Create a Built-In Cover Page in Microsoft Word
You can quickly create a cover page using a built-in design.
- Select the Insert tab in the ribbon.
- Select Cover Page in the Pages group.
- Choose a built-in design from the gallery in the drop-down menu. (Hover over More Cover Pages from Office.com for additional options.)
- (Optional) To insert your cover page somewhere other than the top of your document, right-click the built-in design, and then choose a location from the shortcut menu.
- Place your cursor in the sample text, and then type your information.
Pro Tip: To delete a section of sample text, right-click it, and then select Remove Content Control from the shortcut menu.
The built-in cover page should now be part of your Word document.
You can create a custom cover page that can be reused in other Word documents.
- Open a blank document. ( Pro Tip: Press Ctrl + N to open a blank document.)
- Create your cover page, including images if necessary.
- Select all the text and images that should be included in the cover page.
- Select the Insert tab in the ribbon (see figure 1).
- Select Cover Page in the Pages group (see figure 2).
- Select Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery from the drop-down menu.
- Type a unique name into the Name text box in the Create New Building Block dialog box. (Cover pages are part of Word’s building block system of reusable content.)
- (Optional) Add additional information into the Description text box, if necessary.
Important Note: I strongly recommend leaving the default settings for the other options in this dialog box.
- Select the OK button.
Your custom cover page should now be added to the Cover Page Gallery.
- Close the document used to create your custom cover page. (You don’t have to save this document.)
- Select Save in the alert box asking if you want to save changes to Building Blocks.dotx.
- Open the document to which you want to add the custom cover page.
- Select the Insert tab (see figure 1).
- Select your custom cover page from the gallery.
Your custom cover page should now be added to your current document.
Pro Tip: How to Delete a Custom Cover Page from the Cover Page Gallery
- Right-click the custom cover page in the Cover Page drop-down menu, and then select Organize and Delete from the shortcut menu.
Caution: Your custom cover page will be automatically selected when the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box opens. Take care not to select another item.
- Select the Delete button in the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box.
- Select the Yes button in the question dialog box asking if you are sure you want to delete the selected building block.
- Select the Close button in the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box.
Your custom cover page should now be removed from the Cover Page Gallery.
How to Delete a Cover Page in Microsoft Word
The following steps show how to remove a cover page from an individual document.
- Select Remove Current Cover Page from the drop-down menu.
Your cover page should be removed from your document.
If your document has page numbers, the page number zero may show up unnecessarily on the cover page. The following steps show how to remove page number zero.
- Double-click the top of any page to open the Header & Footer tab.
- Select Different First Page in the Options group.
- Select the Close Header and Footer button.
The page number zero should now be removed from your cover page.
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How to Add a Cover Page in Word 2016
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The sneakiest way to slap down a cover page on your Word 2016 document is to use Word's Cover Page command. Here's how it works:
Click the Insert tab.
In the Pages group, click the Cover Page button.
If you don't see the Pages group or Cover Page button, click the Pages button and then click the Cover Page icon.
The Cover Page button displays a fat, fun menu full of various cover-page layouts.
Choose a cover-page layout that titillates you.
The cover page is immediately inserted as the first page in your document.
Many preset cover pages feature replaceable text, such as [COMPANY NAME]. Click that text and type something appropriate, such as your actual company name. Do so for all bracketed text on the inserted cover page.
You can change a cover page at any time by choosing a new one from the Cover Page menu. The new cover page retains any replacement text you typed.
To remove a cover page, summon the Cover Page menu and choose the item Remove Current Cover Page.
The cover page you add is followed by a hard page break. It is not a section break. Even so, it's treated differently from certain page-formatting commands applied to the rest of the document. That means if you add page numbers or a header or footer to your document, the formatting applies to only the second and later pages, not to the cover page.
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How to Make a Custom Cover Page in Microsoft Word
Learn how to make your own cover pages in Microsoft Word and create eye-catching documents.
We are talking about first impressions here. So, let's take on the first thing our eyes fall on—the cover page. The instructions below show you how to make a cover page in Word that's attractive and professional?
Note: You can use our instructions to create a cover page design for your school assignment. Before you add a cover page to your assignment, however, check for any specific requirements with your instructor.
What Is a Cover Page?
There are a lot of things that go into a professional Microsoft Word document . The cover page is the very first page of your document. Its purpose right at the beginning is to give the reader the "Big Idea" about the document.
The why and wherefore is communicated through a specific title, the author name, date, a one-liner on the subject, and any other bit of important information that you think is important for the reader.
What Does a Plain Cover Page Look Like?
Microsoft Word is used for writing serious research documents and school essays. Most of them go with monochromatic and simple cover pages. often dictated by strict style guides like the Chicago Manual of Style. Other non-academic cover pages are more casual.
But what if you want to create a cover page in Word that's way cooler than vanilla? Even if you don't have the chops for it? Design your own cover page with the easy tools on Microsoft Word and save it as your own cover page template.
For an academic assignment, do check with your instructor before using a cover page.
How to Make an Attractive Cover Page
Microsoft Word makes it painless to create a business report cover page or a title page for an essay. The Microsoft Office suite comes with a few well-designed cover pages that you can re-purpose for your document. There's a good variety to choose from.
To make a cover page, follow these steps:
- Open a new Word document.
- Click on the Insert menu on the ribbon.
- The dropdown for Cover Page is the first feature you will spot on the menu (under Pages). Click on tiny arrow next to it and open the inbuilt gallery of templates.
- Pick one from the 16 pre-formatted templates and three more on Office.com.
- Select the one you like and click on it.
The cover page appears at the beginning of the document by default. But to place it in any other location, right-click on the cover page thumbnail in the gallery and select from the options given. Though, I am not sure why you would want to!
Customize Individual Fields
Click on each pre-formatted field (the square brackets) and the whole thing gets highlighted with a blue field label on top. Type in your version for the given field. The author name might appear by default if the Microsoft Office installation is in your name.
Place the common information in Quick Parts and you don't have to bother with typing them again and again.
Change the date fields with the dropdown arrow and select a date from a calendar. You can format all fields just like normal text.
You can easily edit graphical cover page elements like any other image. Just click on the graphic to display the Drawing Tools and Picture Tools menus on the Ribbon.
Change the Cover Page Design on the Fly
Customizing a pre-formatted cover page is a piece of cake. The templates consist of formatted controls and graphic boxes that come in different color themes. So, you can change any part of the template on the fly.
Notice a picture on the cover page template? Maybe, you would like to swap it out with a logo or another more appropriate image. Just right-click on the picture and click Change Picture in the context menu.
Changed your mind about the cover page design? While working on one cover page, you can change it for another cover page by selecting a new template from the dropdown. The new template retains the field entries.
Note: To replace a cover page created in an older version of Microsoft Word, you must delete the first cover page manually, and then add a new design from the cover page gallery.
Click on Save to finalize the cover page as a document.
If you would like to save the cover page for later use in another document, select the entire cover page.
Click on Insert > Cover Page > Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery . You can use the same menu to remove a selected cover page from the gallery.
How to Make a Cover Page in Microsoft Word
Word templates are a time-saving solution, but they don't allow your personality to shine through. To add a personal touch, you should put in a bit more effort and make a cover page from scratch and put some planning into it.
You have all the image editing tools in Microsoft Word at your disposal. When you can design your own logo in Microsoft Word , a cover page is less of a chore. Borrow or steal ideas from the process.
The screenshot below displays a custom cover page I created in Microsoft Word from scratch. I used a few basic Shapes to create the design and formatted them with color.
Save Your Custom Template
Complete your cover page design on a fresh Microsoft Word document. Save this document as a Microsoft Word template ( File > Save As > Microsoft Word Template ) in a location of your choice.
Now, the next steps are about adding your own cover page to the default choices under the Insert menu. Follow these steps:
Press Ctrl + A to select the entire page.
Add these selections to the Quick Parts gallery. Go to Ribbon > Insert > Quick Parts (the Text Group). Select Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery… from the dropdown.
Enter the details in the dialog for a new Building Block . Building blocks are reusable Microsoft Word elements that you can add to any of the galleries available in Word. This is what the dialog box looks like:
- Name: Give the cover page a Name.
- Gallery: Choose "Cover Pages" from the dropdown.
- Category: Choose a category. For better organization, make a new category.
- Save in: Save it in your template or in the building block. When saved as a building block, you can use it in any Word document without opening the template.
Click OK and close the Building Block dialog box. Go to the Insert menu and check your new cover page template.
Create Cover Pages With Style
A cover page is one of the best ways to stylize your document. But is it one of the more underused features of Microsoft Word ? A Microsoft Word document is often bland. Consider the merits:
- A cover page gives the reader a quick visual of the content inside.
- Save and re-use a generic company-wide cover page in the gallery.
- Convert a document with a cover page to PDF with one button and send it to any device.
Most of us don't commonly employ a cover page with a document. If you want to, try free Microsoft Word cover templates and see if they make your document more eye-catching. Then, you can start making your own designs for the front page of a document.
Insert a blank page
To put a blank page into your Word document, place the cursor where you want the new page to begin and then click Insert > Blank Page . The blank page opens, ready for whatever you want to add.
Another option when you need a little space is to insert a page break. The difference is that Insert > Blank Page puts an entire blank page into your document, and Insert > Page Break doesn’t. Instead, it pushes whatever comes after the break to the top of the next page. See Add a page break for more about page breaks.
Tip: If you’re formatting a complex document and you quickly want to add or look for blank pages, page breaks, or other elements, click View > Navigation Pane > Pages to see what’s where.
To remove a blank page from your document, see Delete a blank page .
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Formatting a Cover Page
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 12, 2022) This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, Word in Microsoft 365, and 2021
If you are writing a report, you will probably want to create a cover page. In some word processors, this would be done as a separate file. You can use this approach in Word, but you can also format a cover page as part of the document containing the report. This is done by making the cover page one section and the rest of the report another section. To do this, follow these steps:
- At the beginning of your document, enter the information you want for your cover page. Don't worry about formatting yet; just enter the text.
- Position the insertion point at the beginning of the report, but after the cover page information.
- In the Layout tab of the ribbon, click on the Breaks drop down list control. Word displays a list of break types.
- Click on Next Page found in the Section Breaks category.
- Format the text in your cover page as you desire. You can even change headers, footers, and page margins. (If you change the page layout, make sure you only apply the changes to the section you used for your cover page. And, if you change headers or footers, then you'll need to modify the header or footer in the section after the cover page so that they don't have "Same as Previous" turned on.)
There is another way you can create a cover page, and it works great if you are in a hurry. If you are using Word 2007 or Word 2010, all you need to do is display the Insert tab of the ribbon and click the Cover Page tool at the very left of the ribbon. Word displays a gallery of various cover pages you could add to your current document.
If you are using Word 2013 or a later version, click the Pages tool at the far left of the ribbon in the Insert tab. From the drop-down menu, select Cover Page. Word will display the gallery of various cover pages you can add to your document.
To use one of these pre-defined cover pages, simply click on the design you want. Word inserts the cover page at the beginning of your document, inserting the section break automatically, as described above. There is a good chance you'll need to adjust whatever cover page you add in this manner, or at least make sure it contains all the elements you want included. However, it is a quick and easy way to add a snazzy cover page to any report or document.
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How to create a cover page in Word
- By Belinda Anderson
- 19 November 2014
- Updated: 27 October 2021
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How many countless hours have you spent creating a cover page in Word? When I started working I used to spend a good deal of time creating the perfect heading, adjusting its alignment and location on the page. I would include a subtitle, author details, an image and a nice page border. It was time-consuming.
If you are still creating a cover page in Word manually, let me save you a considerable amount of time and show you how to use the Cover Page feature instead. You will be creating professional-looking cover pages with your own customised text in under 60 seconds.
Microsoft Word includes numerous cover page designs which are pre-defined templates, displayed in a gallery. These designs provide areas for text, dates and images that you can customise to suit your own needs. You can also access more designs from Office.com, or create your own custom design to save for use in the future.
Create a cover page in Word
To create a cover page, follow these steps:
- Open Microsoft Word (I’m using Word 2016)
- Open a document you wish to add a cover page to or begin this exercise with a blank document
- Select the Insert tab from the Ribbon
- Now click the Cover Page button within the Pages group
- The Cover Page gallery will be displayed
- Use the scroll bar to scroll down and view all available designs
- Once you have identified the one you like, click it once with the left mouse button
- The cover page will be added to your document
- You will now see prompts for where you can add text or content
- Simply click into a text prompt and enter the information you wish to display
- When you click within a prompt for [Date] , you will be displayed with a calendar, simply click any date within the year you wish to display
- You may see that Microsoft Word will fill in some information for you, based on the information you entered when you installed Microsoft Word. You can change this information if you need by clicking on the text area
- If the cover page design you have chosen includes an image and you would like to use your own, select the image
- Click the Picture Tools > Format tab which should now be visible
- Select the Change Picture button from the Adjust group
- You can now navigate your computer files and select an image to use instead, click Insert once you have selected the new image
- The image will now be replaced
- You have now created a professional-looking cover page all with a few clicks of the mouse
Delete a cover page
If you have created a cover page in Word and decide later that you wish to remove it, you do not have to delete the elements individually.
- Click Insert > Cover Page from the Ribbon
- From the Cover Page drop-down menu select Remove Current Cover Page
- The cover page will automatically be removed leaving the rest of your document untouched
Date formats
A common issue I see when using cover pages is that the automatic date fields are formatted in US date formats. Because I am located in Australia and for my readers who also prefer UK formatting I thought I would show you how to change this setting so that you can choose the format the date will be displayed in. You can even change it from 30/08/2018 to 30-Aug-2018 if preferred.
- Place your cursor in the date field to select it
- Select the Developer tab from the Ribbon
- If you do not have the Developer tab available go to File > Options then select the Customize Ribbon option
- In the right-hand pane place a tick in the option to display Developer then click OK
- From the Developer tab click the Properties button within the Controls group
- The Content Control Properties dialog box will appear:
- Go to the Date Picker Properties and from the list select the date format you wish to use
- The date should now be changed to the format you have chosen
I hope you have enjoyed learning how to create a cover page in Word. Be sure to check out some of my other Word articles including:
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- Resize your pictures ,
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- Add a header and footer to a Word document ,
- How to send bulk emails using Mail Merge in Word
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If you ever wanted to print out an MS Word document on a colored page, you would likely just type the document out on a plain white background and insert a colored page in the printer when you print it. The same can’t be said if you want to add an image to the background of a page. There’s the watermark option to make do with but if you’re interested in adding a full page background image to a document and have it tile properly if needed, there’s a built-in feature to do just that.
Open the MS Word file you want to add an image background to. Go to the ‘Design’ tab and click the ‘Page Color’ drop-down in the ‘Page Background’ set of tools. A pop-up menu will open with colors to set as the background. At the very bottom of this pop-up is an option ‘Fill Effects’. Click it.
A new options box opens with fill effects to choose from. Go to the ‘Picture’ tab and click ‘Select Picture’. Another pop-up will open for selecting the picture. The pop-up can select a picture from your local disk, or you can search on Bing from inside it for an image to use. The image search is restricted to images that have been explicitly marked as available for free use.
If your image is too small for the page, MS Word will automatically tile it. If you want to find out what size an image should be so that it fits on the page perfectly, find the size of your page in inches and convert it to pixels. When you select an image, make sure it fits the dimensions for the page.
Can I make a page background a default?
What if the all the photos are greyed out and we cannot select a photo for the background?
This is if you want to do “ALL” pages! It does not help. I want to just do it on the cover page only!
Just Insert Picture From Insert > Picture and add it on Cover Page
You also need to go to Format > Text Wrapping > Behind Text
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Adding a cover page on Word is an indispensable and important operation when users design a report cover cover, a dissertation cover, . How to create a Word cover frame different from creating a frame on Word, because the cover frame needs to be added Different motifs and designs to enhance professionalism as well as attract more viewers.
Depending on the type of material that the user designed to choose the appropriate cover styles, with textures in the frame. Before creating a border, users need to create content for the cover page. The cover page can be created by itself, or use the available post page styles. To create a user cover page refer to the article How to create a custom cover page in Microsoft Word.
Note to users , to create a standard cover page frame, we need to format the page of printed paper according to regulations. Or you can use the size The upper margin is 2 cm, the lower margin is 2cm, The left margin is 3cm, The margin is 1.5cm. If the unit in Word is inch to centimeters according to the article Instructions how to change Inch to cm on Word.
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1. How to create a cover frame on Word 2016, 2019
We create the complete cover as shown below.
Click the Layout tab and then select Margins and click on Custom Margins .
The Page Setup dialog box appears to adjust the margins for the cover page. Users align according to the picture below.
- Top, Bottom: 2 cm
- Right: 2 cm
The remaining parameters to default. Click OK to align the cover page.
After you've done this, click the Design tab and select Page Borders .
Display the new interface and click on Page Border in the Borders and Shading dialog box. The User Style section selects the border type for the cover page. Color to select the frame color for the cover page and select the width in the border in Width .
Remember to frame 4 edges for the cover. Apply section to select This section - First page only to apply this frame style only to the first cover page. Click on the Options button .
In the new interface, users can customize and align the border with the content in the cover page. The Mesure from section select Text and uncheck all the options below so that the covered page is close to the printed page, when the window is closed it does not lose the border. Users can look through the Preview section below.
Finally click OK to create the cover border.
The user will have the cover page border with the broken frame style as shown below.
If the user wants to create a border with decorative pattern , then in Borders and Shading interface Art will have textures to design the border of Word cover.
We also adjust the width of the texture, the color for the border as shown above.
The result will be the cover with the texture as shown below.
Besides creating a cover page, users can download some of the available cover frames in Word according to the article Beautiful border frames on Word.
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2. how to create borders for the word 2007 cover page.
After we have created the cover page, we proceed to align it with the standard. Click on Page Layout> Margins> Custom Margins .
The Page Setup dialog box appears, enter the alignment parameters as follows:
The remaining 2 parameters are Gutter and Gutter position will be set by default. Click OK to save the setting for this margin.
After setting the standard cover margins, to create a border for the cover we will click on the Page Layout tab and then select Page Border . In some versions of Word, you can access Design select Page Borders.
The Boaders and Sharing dialog box appears. Here, click on the Page Border tab and look down on the ART section to select the border for the book cover on the drop down list.
The user selects any border patterns from the Art menu, the Width option to increase or decrease the thickness of the border, Color to adjust the color for the border. Then in Apply to click on the option This section - First page only , to apply the border frame only with the first cover page.
You can preview the cover frame in the Preview section next to it. Click on Options then switch to the new interface.
In Mesure from section select Text and uncheck all the options below so that the covered page is close to the printed page margins, when closing the window does not lose the border. Click OK to save
Back in the cover frame setup interface, click OK at the bottom of the interface to set the border frame for the cover.
We will get the cover frame as shown below.
If you want to insert textures for the border on Word, we also click on Art to select the texture for the cover on Word.
Video tutorial to create border cover Word 2007
Thus users can make more beautiful for the thesis cover, lesson plan, track book cover, . by creating a border on the cover right on the Word tool. Before doing so, remember to align the margin according to the specified parameters, or use the above parameters to get the standard book cover with the surrounding border.
I wish you all success!
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First, select everything in the document (that's why we recommend starting this in a blank document) by pressing Ctrl+A. Next, head back to the "Insert" tab and then click that "Cover Page" button again. This time, choose the "Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery" command from the drop-down menu.
Choose a cover page and replace the sample text with your own. On the Insert tab, in the Pages group, click Cover Page. Click a cover page layout from the gallery of options. After you insert a cover page, you can replace the sample text with your own text by clicking to select an area of the cover page, such as the title, and typing your text.
Open the document to which you want to add the custom cover page. Select the Insert tab (see figure 1). Select Cover Page in the Pages group (see figure 2). Select your custom cover page from the gallery. Figure 11. Custom cover page in the gallery Your custom cover page should now be added to your current document.
The sneakiest way to slap down a cover page on your Word 2016 document is to use Word's Cover Page command. Here's how it works: Click the Insert tab. In the Pages group, click the Cover Page button. If you don't see the Pages group or Cover Page button, click the Pages button and then click the Cover Page icon.
How to create a cover page in Word 2016 33,668 views Sep 14, 2015 65 Dislike Share Save Robert McMillen 48.3K subscribers Author, teacher, and talk show host Robert McMillen shows you how to...
Go to the Insert tab and pull down the Cover Page gallery. Scroll to the very bottom and click the 'Save Selection to Cover Page Gallery…' option. Give the cover a name, and you're all done. The cover will now appear in the Cover page gallery under the category you saved it to.
How to make a Professional Cover Page in Microsoft Word 2016 Technomaniac Dude 58.4K subscribers Subscribe 149K views 5 years ago Cover Pages This video shows you how to easily create a...
To make a cover page, follow these steps: Open a new Word document. Click on the Insert menu on the ribbon. The dropdown for Cover Page is the first feature you will spot on the menu (under Pages). Click on tiny arrow next to it and open the inbuilt gallery of templates. Pick one from the 16 pre-formatted templates and three more on Office.com.
To put a blank page into your Word document, place the cursor where you want the new page to begin and then click Insert > Blank Page. The blank page opens, ready for whatever you want to add. Another option when you need a little space is to insert a page break.
To do this, follow these steps: At the beginning of your document, enter the information you want for your cover page. Don't worry about formatting yet; just enter the text. Position the insertion point at the beginning of the report, but after the cover page information. In the Layout tab of the ribbon, click on the Breaks drop down list control.
In Word, choose Word>Preferences>View and under the Show Non-Printing Characters section, check All. OK out. This makes breaks visible on-screen. Create your cover page and end the page with a Page Break (Insert>Break>Page Break). Select the page, including the Page Break, but nothing after the Page Break. Choose Insert>AutoText>AutoText.
To create a cover page, follow these steps: Open Microsoft Word (I'm using Word 2016) Open a document you wish to add a cover page to or begin this exercise with a blank document Select the Insert tab from the Ribbon Now click the Cover Page button within the Pages group The Cover Page gallery will be displayed
2. Navigate to the editing and settings menu. Navigate to the "Insert" tab and click on it. When the menu appears, click on the "Pages" option. Another menu appears and you can choose the "Cover pages" option. Several design options, including several pre-designed cover page templates and a blank page, appear.
Here are some helpful steps to follow when making a cover page for the project in Microsoft Word: First, open a new document in Microsoft Word. Click on the Insert tab to find the drop-down menu for cover page templates. From there, you can choose which template you'd like to use for your project.
Report abuse. So long as you stay away from Word's "Cover Pages" a cover page is just a page. Word will accept only one of its own Cover Pages in a document. You can set things up to have the first page of each chapter to be the beginning of a Word section, creating that with either a Next Page or an Odd-Page section break.
Go to the 'Design' tab and click the 'Page Color' drop-down in the 'Page Background' set of tools. A pop-up menu will open with colors to set as the background. At the very bottom of this pop-up is an option 'Fill Effects'. Click it. A new options box opens with fill effects to choose from. Go to the 'Picture' tab and click ...
How to type pages in Word 2007 from any page; 1. How to create a cover frame on Word 2016, 2019. We create the complete cover as shown below. Step 1: Click the Layout tab and then select Margins and click on Custom Margins . Step 2: The Page Setup dialog box appears to adjust the margins for the cover page. Users align according to the picture ...