Adding Header/Footer to Excel Documents

Updated on 21 Oct 2022
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Step Details
Introduced in Version	7.12.0
Last Modified in Version	7.12.0
Location	Data > Excel & CSV

Users may utilize the Add Header/Footer to Excel Document step to better customize and append Excel Documents via workflow. This step allows users to establish a Header and/or Footer for an Excel Document in several ways at design time. The following document discusses this step's configurations.

Properties

Inputs

Property	Description	Data Type
Different From Each Worksheet	Allows different headers and footers for each worksheet.	Boolean
Input File	File to add the Headers and/or Footers to.	File Data
Input File Type	Expected file type of the file that is being manipulated.	CSVFileType

Workbook Header/Footer > Settings

Property	Description	Data Type
Existing Headers/Footers	Options to keep or clear existing headers and footers on the Input File. Options are: Keep Existing, Clear All Headers and Footers, Clear Headers, Clear Footers.	---
Append New Headers/Footers	Options to append headers and footers to the existing headers/footers beginning or end.	---
Has Different First Page	Adds settings to create a different header and footer for the file's first page.	Boolean
Has Different on Even/Odd Pages	Adds settings to create a different header and footer for the file's even and odd pages.	Boolean

Workbook Header/Footer > Default Page

This section will change based on whether Has Different First Page or Has Different on Even/Odd Pages settings are true. The sections to customize will be Header, Footer, and/or First Page, and/or Even and Odd Pages. Each section will have a left, center, and right section to customize; below are the settings that are available for customization.

Property	Description	Data Type
Section Type	Text or Image, based on this selection, the options for customization change. If Image is selected, only an Image can be added.	---
Text	Select SHOW EDITOR to open a Merge Text Editor to utilize Flow Data within the Header or Footer.	---
Advanced Text Formatting	Change the Text Justification, Font Family, Font Size, and other Font attributes.	---