[Tex/LaTex] Make page numbers alternate between the right and the left corner when using apa.cls

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I'm using the apa.cls (with the doc-style option) to typeset my document. This puts the number of each page in the top right corner. However, I'm going to print this document so I would like every odd page number to show up in the top right corner while every even page number to show up in the top left corner.

Minimal working example (where each page number shows up in the top right corner):

\documentclass[12pt, doc, noapacite]{apa}
\begin{document}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Add the twoside class option.

\documentclass[12pt,doc,noapacite,twoside]{apa}
\begin{document}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\newpage
\mbox{}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Page number and name in the header of each page

fancyhdr works with resume (which is based on article), but some adjustments are necessary:

\documentclass[margin,line]{resume}

\usepackage{kantlipsum} % to provide mock text

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\makeatletter
\fancyhead[L]{\textbf{\expandafter\@gobble\@name}}
\makeatother
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\fancyheadoffset[L]{\sectionwidth}
\setlength\headheight{12pt}
\setlength\headsep{3pt}
\addtolength\topmargin{-15pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\thispagestyle{empty}}


\begin{document}

\name{\Large My name}

\begin{resume}

\kant

\end{resume}

\end{document}

Comment out the \fancyheadoffset line if you don't want that the line on the pages following page 1 are extended on the left. If you want to increase the separation between the rule and the text, modify the value of \headsep and also the value of \topmargin.

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Note. The mysterious \expandafter\@gobble\@name is needed because \@name expands to \Large My Name, after \name{My Name}, so we have to remove the unwanted \Large command.

[Tex/LaTex] How to put the page numbers where I need them

By default the first page of each \chapter is set using the plain page style under the basic book and report document classes. To see why this is the case, consider the \chapter macro:

\newcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}

Note the setting of \thispagestyle{plain}. If you wish to change that, you can either create a new page style and update plain.

Creating a new style:

Using fancyhdr you can either use the default fancy page style or create your own. Here's how to create your own:

\fancypagestyle{main}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear all headers/footers
  \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}% Page in Right header
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Header rule
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% No footer rule
}

The usage with something like titleps is similar:

\newpagestyle{main}{
  \sethead{}% Left header
    {}% Centre header
    {\thepage}% Right header
  \setfoot{}{}{}% Clear footer
  \setheadrule{.4pt}% Header rule
  \setfootrule{0pt}% Not footer rule
}

Now you either insert this style on the chapter pages manually using

\chapter{My chapter}
\thispagestyle{main}

or you update this through a patch to be implemented globally. Here's a patch using etoolbox (place this in your document preamble):

\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\patchcmd{\chapter}% <cmd>
  {plain}% <search>
  {main}% <replace>
  {}{}% <success><failure>

Update plain:

This is similar to the above solutions. For fancyhdr, use

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  % your new plain settings
}

For titleps use

\renewpagestyle{plain}{%
  % your new plain settings
}

The above changes slightly if you're using a two-side document setup. However, it changes drastically if you're using another document class.

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