Yes, you'll need to use "Different odd and even" and format the running
heads differently for odd and even pages. One real advantage of Insert Page
Numbers is that it gives you the option of Outside (or Inside, though I
can't imagine why anyone would want that) placement for the numbers as a
single step, but given the other problems the feature causes (especially if
you have other header/footer text), I still advise avoiding it in serious
documents.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"alex gross" wrote in message
m...
Thanks to Doug & Suzanne, & especially to MVP Suzanne for all your
authoritative & detailed FAQs & addendum.

i'm going through the whole book & taking the numbers out of the headers,
& since the book consists of 55 chapters, each one set up as a separate
section, this is taking some time.

Along the way, i am noticing that i seem to have left-justified
even-numbered pages in all the footers, just as i want them, but no
right-justified odd-numbered pages, as i would also want them. i've tried
to change this in 3 or 4 chapters, with mixed results, in one case it
worked, in the others it didn't, maybe i need to check under page setup,
"different odd & even pages" for this to work right. In any case, i think
i'll keep trying...

I'm following the rules set out in Aaron Shepard's book Perfect Pages,
Self-Publishing with Microsoft Word, and in a few weeks i hope to be ready
to convert the whole thing to a PDF file & go forward to having the book
printed...

Let me say even more than THANKS! i love WORD, i have used every version
since Word 3 for DOS back in 1986, and during those early years i played
an active role in our NY PC users group MSWord SIG, where at that time it
fell to my lot to help others with the program. So i really appreciate
what you are doing here with this USENet group & will try not to impose
too greatly on your generosity.

all the best!

alex


"alex gross" wrote in message
m...
I'd be grateful if some of you could tell me what I am doing wrong with
my page numbers in WORD 2003. I am ending up with page numbers at BOTH
the top and the bottom of a long book manuscript with many separate
sections. I obviously don't want them in BOTH places & would prefer to
have them at the bottom, out of the way of my headers. This could be
because I originally inserted page numbers from the INSERT/Page numbers
command but am now using headers, though I haven't so far used any of the
page numbering features of headers & footers.

Also, some of my chapter titles as headers are printing over the page
numbers, making a mess of both.

I expect the answer is simple, & my problem is due to my just beginning
this long formatting task & not having yet digested all the rules. But
any help you could provide could save me a lot of time.

Thanks in advance!

alex