# Configure Headers and Footers

You can configure custom header and footer tags for word processing and spreadsheet documents by editing the `formats.ini` file.

To configure headers and footers

1. Open the `formats.ini` file.

2. In the `[Options]` section, add the following items:

       header_start_tag=HeaderStart
       header_end_tag=HeaderEnd
       footer_start_tag=FooterStart
       footer_end_tag=FooterEnd

   For example:

       header_start_tag=<myHeaderTag>
       header_end_tag=</myHeaderTag>
       footer_start_tag=<myFooterTag>
       footer_end_tag=</myFooterTag>

NOTE: You must encode custom tags in UTF-8.

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