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id: feature/573331
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title: Design header/footer layouts for document reports with the updated Word add-in
summary: "Reporting and data analysis: Design header/footer layouts for document reports with the updated Word add-in. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). Design document report header/footer layouts using the new header and/or footer document samples controls in the Word add-in. We have addes samples that can be used for internal or external reports."
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    title: "What's new in Document Reporting: Word add-in (2026 release wave 2): Header footer layout templates"
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---

# Design header/footer layouts for document reports with the updated Word add-in

> Reporting and data analysis: Design header/footer layouts for document reports with the updated Word add-in. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). Design document report header/footer layouts using the new header and/or footer document samples controls in the Word add-in. We have addes samples that can be used for internal or external reports.

[Microsoft 365 roadmap 573331](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=573331) · Reporting and data analysis · generally available · roadmap status "Launched", phase General Availability

## What Microsoft says

Design document report header/footer layouts using the new header and/or footer document samples controls in the Word add-in. We have addes samples that can be used for internal or external reports.

## Dates

- General availability: October CY2026 (2026 release wave 2)
- Public preview: not given
- On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

## Covered by

Matched by Haiku among videos and Learn pages in the same galaxy system, checked against the roadmap ids and the evidence text. Every link below was reviewed by Opus.

### Videos

- [What's new in Document Reporting: Word add-in (2026 release wave 2)](../videos/XLUAuUWtJDw.md): Header footer layout templates at [8:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUAuUWtJDw&t=509s)

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.