How do you centre page numbers in Pages?

Pages 5.6.2 on El Capitan:

The page is in a new blank word processing document (has a 'document body' where the main text is placed).

I placed the mouse pointer near the bottom center of the page and waited for the three box footer to appear.

When I clicked in the centre box, a pop-up offered the choice to Insert Page Number. Clicking the pop-up opened a four item pop-up menu offering four styles: 1, 1 of 1, Page 1, Page 1 of 1. I chose the second, and moved to the top of the page where I repeated the first steps.

No pop-up appeared this time, so I went to the Insert menu, which offered two related choices: Page Number and Page Count. I chose Page Number, with the result shown above.

Combined with a previous test (same document), results suggest that Pages offers the pop-up and the four choices only for the first instance of placing a page number and or count. Once you have placed one, you need to choose any additional instances using the Insert menu, and can choose only to insert the Page Number or the Page Count.

Left-right alignment is fixed by the box you choose, as it is for all entries in the headers or footers.

Regards,

Barry

I just tried manually moving the page number along to the centre where I wanted it, with the space bar. Didn't dare hope that all the other 175 numbers would've moved too, but they did! Problem solved!

Why not just continue using Pages '09 that would still be located in your Applications : iWork '09 folder? That would provide you with an instant 100+ more features than you have in Pages v5.6.2, and even a Pages '09 PDF user guide.

1. In Pages v5.6.2, there are three sections to headers and footers. You click in the center section and insert your page number.
2. The alignment guides for left, center, right, and justify are deactivated in the Pages v5.6.2 headers and footers.

Do you actually understand what you just did?

Peter