page header

Document top text

A page header is the text or design element appearing at the top of each page in a document, book, or website.

Headers typically contain identifying information—titles, chapter names, page numbers, or dates—that helps readers navigate: The page header showed the book title on left pages and chapter names on right.

In word processing, headers repeat automatically across pages.

Related

logo · corporate branding · menu · top · above the fold · scroll · sticky · fixed · letterhead · print layout · typography · website · document · margin · bar · strip · ribbon · breadcrumb

Opposites
vertical position on page

page headerfooter

Bottom-of-page information

footnote · body text · endnote · foot · colophon

Family

page, pages, paged, paging, pagination, paginate, header, headers, head

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G