Book Layout, Header issue > Author on one page and title on the other

Hi, I am trying to format my book. I want Author's name in the header on the left page (even) and the Book title on the right (odd) - Right now I can only do one. Kindly help.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 2, 2022 10:14 AM

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Posted on May 2, 2022 1:20 PM

Cliock the Document button to open the Document Inspector. Make these two settings in the Document pane:


Click Section to change to the Section pane, and make this setting:


Your results should be similar to these when you enter the Header text into the two boxes.


Regards,

Barry

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May 2, 2022 12:53 PM in response to NeilPeterChristy

You need to be in Page Layout mode, rather than word processing mode. Let's say I have inserted three pages to begin with:



and in the Document's panel, I have this selection:



In the right-most header segment of page one, I enter A Study In Scarlet, and on the left header segment of page 2, I enter Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Page 3 has the book title from page 1, and when I insert page 4, it automatically bears the author's name again in the expected header location.

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Book Layout, Header issue > Author on one page and title on the other

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