"Running head" is the publishing name for what Word calls a "header," that
is, text that appears at the top of (almost) every page. In books, the
running heads for odd and even pages are often different, and there is no
head on the first page of a chapter if it begins on a new page.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org