Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 18, 2024)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Terry remembers that "back in the day" he could add a page footer to a worksheet such as "Page X of Y," where X is the current page and Y is the total number of pages. He can no longer remember how to add such a footer, however.
Actually, there are two ways you can add such a footer to your worksheets. The traditional method (which is probably what Terry is seeking) is to follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Header/Footer tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
Figure 2. The Footer dialog box.
It should be noted that you don't have to really use the page number tool or the pages tool in putting the footer together. You could just as easily have typed the proper code ("Page &[Page] of &[Pages]") in whatever footer section you wanted used.
The second method of adding such a footer is to follow these steps:
It doesn't really matter which of the techniques you use to add the desired footer. Both of them place the exact same code into the footer.
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