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Formatting Manuscript Page Numbers Using Macintosh Word Perfect version 3.5
 

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.

  • Open the file of your manuscript, place the cursor to the left of the title of the manuscript.
  • Click on LAYOUT in the tool bar and select HEADER/FOOTER, NEW, as shown here:

    Fig. 1

  • This opens the NEW HEADER/FOOTER tool on top of the page.

    Fig. 2

  • Select HEADER A 1 by clicking on the radio button.
  • Click OK to close the NEW HEADER/FOOTER tool .
  • This will open a new UNTITLED HEADER A page. This page contains the HEADER and LAYOUT tool bars, as shown in the following example:

    Fig. 3

  • To place the header text on the right top margin of each page of the manuscript, click on the LAYOUT - justify toolbar - icon, and select RIGHT justification, as shown below:

    Fig. 4

  • This moves the cursor to the right margin. Start typing the surname of the first author followed by "et al., Page <space>".
  •  To place sequential page numbers on all pages of the manuscript, identify the HEADER tool bar cursor on the UNTITLED HEADER A page:

    Fig. 5

  •  Then click on the page number icon:

    Fig. 6

  •  You now have created a header that appears on each page of the manuscript, as shown below:

    Fig. 7

  • You can format the text of the header by clicking on the FONT toolbar to change the font type, size, etc. Close the Header A page to return to page viewing.

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