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Adding Header and Footer to Excel
You can only do that in the desktop version of Excel for Windows and Mac, not in the online (browser) version.
How can I be sure what version I have? I have Microsoft 365 downloaded to my Windows computer and just access all of my documents through it.
Do you access Excel in your internet browser, or by starting a stand-alone application?
I started it by using the Excel downloaded on my computer. I attached a screenshot of my screen for refernece if that is more helpful.
If you look closely at the screenshot, you'll see that you are running Excel in the Edge internet browser: the Edge icon is highlighted in the taskbar, and there is no Excel icon in the taskbar.
Try the following: click the Editing drop down on the right hand side of the ribbon.
Select 'Open in desktop app'.
For comparison:
This is the Excel icon in my taskbar:
Can you find this Excel icon in Start > All apps? What happens if you click that?
