How do you change number position in a document?

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dr_carpenter

What I mean is, I'm writing a term paper and I need to change the position of
numbers according to each page... for example:

CHAPTER PAGE


-1- (at center and bottom)

and continuing on the following pages of the chapter, I need to have the
numbers at the top right hand side of the paper.

........ -2-
.....
...........
.....

and like that

but when I try to do it, Word likes to apply it to all pages of the
document. And, of course, I can't just white it out, it'll look tacky


please help

it's very annoying.
 
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Graham Mayor

The simplest method is to use a pair of conditional fields.

Centred in the footer
{IF {Page} = 1 "- {Page} - "}

Aligned right in the header
{IF {Page} <> 1 "- {Page} - "}

Use CTRL+F9 to insert the field boundaries.

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Daiya Mitchell

Actually, I think the link doesn't explain all--you want to turn on
Different First Page Header (File | Page Setup, Layout tab), then go to View
| Header/Footer and enter the numbers where you want them (click # on h/f
toolbar), separately in the First Page Footer and the regular Header.

If you already used Insert | Page Number, delete that number, and be sure to
select and delete the gray frame that Word put around the number.
 
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