Creating different headers for left pages and right pages

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You can create different headers for different pages. For example, when you edit a thesis, you might need to create a header for left pages and a different one for right pages. You must specify left page style and right page style for the document.

To create different headers for left and right pages, perform the following steps:
  1. Open or create a document with more than four pages.
  2. Click Format > Styles and Formatting or press F11 to display the Styles and Formatting window on the sidebar.
  3. Position the cursor on the first page. Select Page Styles from the Style type list.
  4. Select Right Page from the style list and double-click to apply the style.
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  5. Right-click Right Page and select Modify.
  6. Click the Organizer tab, select Left Page in the Next style field.
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  7. Click OK to close the window.
  8. Position the cursor on the second page. You can find that the page style is Left Page.
  9. In the Styles and Formatting window, select Left Page from the style list, right-click and then select ModifyD modify.jpg.
  10. On the Organizer tab, select Right Page in the Next style field.
  11. Click OK to close the window.
  12. After you set right page and left page styles, you can create headers for left pages and right pages respectively:
    1. Click Insert > Header > Left Page to create header for left pages.
    2. Click Insert > Header > Right Page to create header for right pages.
    Note: You can also quickly specify different header contents for left and right pages by the Page Style window. Click Format > Pageand then on the Header tab, clear the Same content left/right check box.
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