When you need to display the same block of text (e.g., Company Confidential) on every page, you
can place it in a header or footer. However, it becomes more complicated if you
want to display the text in a specific section of the pages, such as the
right margin or the middle of every page.

Microsoft Word’s Header and Text Box features make this task
quite simple. Follow these steps:

  1. Go to
    View | Header And Footer.
  2. Click
    within the Header window, then go to Insert | Text Box. Press [Esc] to
    remove the drawing canvas.
  3. Click
    and drag the mouse pointer in the Header window to create the text box.
  4. Click
    within the text box and enter the text.
  5. Point
    to the text box border and right-click.
  6. Select
    Format Text Box.
  7. Click
    on the Layout tab and select In Front of text button and click OK.
  8. Click
    and drag the text box border to the right margin where you want to display
    the text.
  9. Click
    the Close button in the Header and Footer toolbar.

Now Company
Confidential will appear in the right margin of every page in your document.
If you need to make formatting changes to the text, you must first go to View |
Header And Footer. Then right-click the text box and
select Format text box to make the necessary changes before closing the Header
window. You must also open the Header window before you can delete the text box
from the document.

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