How do you put page numbers on a document using "TextEdit" on the Macbook Pro 2011?

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How do you put page numbers on a document using "TextEdit" on the Macbook Pro 2011?

Please help me, I cant figure out how to put page numbers on an essay Ive been working on. I just spent 7 hours typing up a 10 paragraph essay and it needs page numbers, if it does not have page numbers it is an automatic fail. Someone PLEASE help me. I'm using TextEdit and I cant seem to figure out how to put page numbers on the top right hand corner of every page, except for the first one.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), this is using TextEdit

Posted on May 22, 2012 1:59 PM

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noondaywitch

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May 22, 2012 2:34 PM in response to heatherjay123

From the TextEdit Help menu;

Adding page numbers to printed documents

You can print the page number, date, and document title on each page of a TextEdit document.

"To add page numbers to printed documents:

Choose File > Print.

If the Print dialog contains only two pop-up menus and some buttons across the bottom, click the disclosure triangle to the right of the Printer pop-up menu.

Select “Print header and footer.”

On each page of your document, TextEdit prints a header and footer that include the page number, date, and title.

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printing

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Only appears to work when printing. If you want the document on the computer to have page numbers, print as PDF.

Oh, and they appear at bottom right!

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Answer 2

May 22, 2012 2:20 PM in response to heatherjay123

In File/Print you can select "print header and footer", but I don't think you can control it other than that. The header will have the document name and the footer will have the page number and page count - first page too.

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