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Headers and Footers

Headers and footers let you place consistent content at the top and bottom of every page in a report. They are especially important when sending results to online results systems, which parse specific values out of the header block.


Defining a header

Place any content you want at the top of each page between these two markers:

Header
.End of Header

Text inserted between these lines appears at the top of every page. You can also pull in an external file using .include.

To center a line of text within a header, prefix it with the .ce command:

Header
.ce My Race Name
.End of Header
Results system IDs go in the header

Online results platforms like Race Roster parse a unique results race ID out of your header block. Place that ID between the Header and .End of Header markers.


The Footer command works identically to Header but places its content at the bottom of each page:

Footer
.ce Page [PAGE] of [PAGES]
.End of Footer