Create facing page numbers

This procedure works only on publications that contain two or more pages.

  1. On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
  2. Under Preview, click Create two Master Pages with Mirrored Guides.
  3. On the View menu, click Master Page.
  4. On the View menu, click Two-Page Spread.   

    The two Master Pages that you created appear on the screen.

  5. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
  6. In the Page Numbers dialog box, select a position.
  7. Under Alignment, click Left.
  8. Click OK.

    A header or footer will appear on both master pages. The page number mark (#) inside the header or footer represents the page numbers that will be inserted automatically throughout your publication.

  9. On the right-hand master page, click the page number mark (#) as though you were going to insert a page number manually.
  10. On the Formatting toolbar, click the Right Align button .