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To create and format spreadsheet headers and footers, use the HeaderFooterSection object, which can be retrieved using the PageSetup.GetHeader(HeaderFooterSection.Section) and PageSetup.GetFooter(HeaderFooterSection.Section) methods.
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To see spreadsheet headers and footers in Excel, open the File menu, select Page Setup, and select the Header/Footer tab.

To format a header or footer in script, include formatting codes within the SetContent() call, for example:

Formatting Codes for Headers and Footers

&E

Turns double-underline on or off.

&X

Turns superscript on or off.

&Y

Turns subscript on or off.

&B

Turns bold on or off.

&I

Turns italic on or off.

&U

Turns underline on or off.

&S

Turns strikethrough on or off.

&D

Prints the current date.

&T

Prints the current time.

&F

Prints the name of the document.

&A

Prints the name of the worksheet.

&P

Prints the page number.

&P+number

Prints the page number plus the specified number.

&P-number

Prints the page number minus the specified number.

&&

Prints a single ampersand.

&"font name"

Prints the characters that follow in the specified font.

&nn

Prints the characters that follow in the specified font size. Use a two digit number to specify a size in points.

&N

Prints the total number of pages in the document.

Formatting Headers and Footers in Microsoft Excel

When opening an existing Excel spreadsheet, ExcelWriter will preserve the header and footer formatting created in Excel. However, if you change the header/footer text in your ExcelWriter script and do not include Formatting Codes, the formatting created in Excel will be overwritten and default formatting will be applied. To preserve header/footer formatting created in Excel, do not change header/footer text in script.

To format spreadsheet headers and footers in Excel and preserve the formatting in ExcelWriter:

  1. In Microsoft Excel, open the File menu and select Page Setup...
  2. Select the Header/Footer tab.
  3. Select a header and/or footer from the drop-down list.



    Or, create a custom header/footer.

  4. Save the spreadsheet.
  5. In an ExcelWriter script, open the spreadsheet containing headers/footers. Use either ExcelTemplate.Open or ExcelApplication.Open to open the spreadsheet.
  6. Modify the spreadsheet in script. Do not change the text of headers and footers; if you do, the original formatting will be overwritten and default formatting will be applied.
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