Formatting Codes for Headers and Footers

Description

The following special formatting codes can be included as a part of the header and footer properties (LeftHeader, CenterHeader, RightHeader, LeftFooter, CenterFooter, RightFooter).

Format code

Description

&L

Left aligns the characters that follow.

&C

Centers the characters that follow.

&R

Right aligns the characters that follow.

&E

Turns double-underline printing on or off.

&X

Turns superscript printing on or off.

&Y

Turns subscript printing on or off.

&B

Turns bold printing on or off.

&I

Turns italic printing on or off.

&U

Turns underline printing on or off.

&S

Turns strikethrough printing on or off.

&O

Turns outline printing on or off (Macintosh only).

&H

Turns shadow printing on or off (Macintosh only).

&D

Prints the current date.

&T

Prints the current time.

&F

Prints the name of the document.

&A

Prints the name of the workbook tab.

&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.

& "fontname"

Prints the characters that follow in the specified font. Be sure to include the double quotation marks.

&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.