View.PreviousHeaderFooter Method

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Moves to the previous header or footer, depending on whether a header or footer is displayed in the view.

Syntax

expression.PreviousHeaderFooter

expression   Required. A variable that represents a View object.

Remarks

If the view displays a header, this method moves to the previous header within the current section (for example, from an even header to an odd header) or to the last header in the previous section. If the view displays a footer, this method moves to the previous footer.

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If the view displays the first header or footer in the first section of the document, or if it is not displaying a header or footer at all, an error occurs.

Example

This example inserts an even section break, switches the active window to print layout view, displays the current header, and then switches to the previous header.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakEvenPage
With ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View
    .Type = wdPrintView
    .SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
    .PreviousHeaderFooter
End With

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