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To have text appear at the bottom of each page in a document, do which of the following?

a. Adjust the footer settings.
b. Insert a page break.
c. Change the text alignment.
d. Use the header settings.

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To make text appear at the bottom of each page, you should adjust the footer settings in your document. This is accomplished in Microsoft Word by inserting a footer and potentially applying a hanging indent for formatting if needed. Adjusting header settings inserting page breaks or changing text alignment won't achieve this result.

Step-by-step explanation:

To have text appear at the bottom of each page in a document, the correct action to take is to adjust the footer settings. A footer is a section of a document where you can place text that you want to appear at the bottom of every page. This is often used for pagination, disclaimers, or other recurring text. In Microsoft Word you can insert a footer by double-clicking at the bottom of a page or by going to the Insert tab and selecting Footer. Then, you can enter the text you wish to have repeated on each page. If you want specific formatting, such as indentation Word offers indentation options including the hanging indent. This can be applied by selecting the text in your footer, right-clicking, and then choosing Paragraph. Under the Indentation section, select 'Hanging' from the Special options.

This will indent subsequent lines of text, which is particularly useful for citations or to create a specific look. If you adjust the header settings, this will place text at the top of every page, which is not the desired outcome in this case. Inserting a page break is used to start a new page and does not affect the bottom content of each page. Changing the text alignment will only alter how the text is aligned on the page and will not ensure its placement at the bottom of every page.

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