Page numbers are usually placed at the top or bottom of each page of the manuscript, either in the center or right side of the page. In the following example, we will place the name of the first author and consecutive page numbers at the top right corner of each page:

• Open the word-processor file of your manuscript, place the cursor to the left of the manuscript title.
• First, set up the page margins and the position of the header. To do this, click on FILE on the toolbar, then PAGE SETUP, as shown below:
  

• This opens the PAGE SETUP menu. Set all MARGINS to 1.0" or 2.5 cm and the HEADER and FOOTER to 0.5" or 1.25 cm, as shown below:
  

• Click OK.
• To start inserting a header on each page of the manuscript, click on VIEW on the toolbar and select HEADER AND FOOTER, as shown below:
  

• This opens the Header formatting rectangle at the top of the page as well as the Header and Footer toolbar. The latter contains several icons. The icon marked as # places consecutive page numbers in the header:
  
   

• The following figure shows the Header Formatting Rectangle with the Header and Footer toolbar:
  

• Before you type the text

  of the header, change from left justification to a right-justified text. To do this, click on FORMAT, then PARAGRAPH:

  

  This opens the Paragraph editing menu. Set ALIGNMENT to right, INDENTATION to LEFT 0", RIGHT 0", and LINE SPACING to DOUBLE, as shown in the following example:

  

• Click on OK to close the Paragraph menu. This will take you back to the Header formatting rectangle and the Header and Footer toolbar. The cursor is now at the right margin. Type the surname of the first author followed by et al., Page [space]. Click on # in the Header and Footer toolbar . This will place 1 beside the space following Page, as shown in the following example:
  

• You can also format the added text. In this example, block the text of the author and et al., Page 1, and then change the text format, size, style, etc, as you wish.
• Click CLOSE of the Header and Footer toolbar to return to normal page viewing.
• You can view the page number by changing to VIEW, PAGE.

You can, of course, place the page number at the bottom of the page instead of the top. To do that, replace HEADER above with FOOTER.

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