Left/right mirrored page numbers

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Left/right mirrored page numbers

I'm sorry to re-open an archived topic, but I, too, want to have page numbers at top left and top right on successive pages of a text document. Peggy's reply to a previous questioner was 'Go to Format > Section & check the boxes next to Left & Right are Different & Mirror on Facing Pages'. But where do I put the page numbers? If I put it in a header at (say) the left, that seems to be unaffected by Peggy's instruction on the next page: the next page number still appears on the left.

Should I insert a section break? Where? Should I then use section numbering rather than page numbering? I had already tried every combination of settings that I could think of before consulting the Apple Discussions, and am still no wiser!

eMac G4, 1.25 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 12, 2006 2:18 AM

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Answer 1

No Alibi

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Nov 12, 2006 6:26 AM in response to Michael Graubart

Michael Graubart.

Try this:

• Format –> Document –> Margins –> check Mirror Facing Pages.

• Format –> Section –> Headers and Footers –> check Left and Right are Different.

These two steps should then allow you to insert a header, for example, on page one and justify it to the right and insert another header on page two and justify it to the left.

In Format –> Section –> Columns, decide if you want to Mirror your Columns on Facing Pages.

No Alibi.

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Answer 2

Nov 12, 2006 8:12 AM in response to No Alibi

Thanks very much. That solves the problem — I didn't realize that I had to set the justification separately on the first two pages.

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