As odd as it is, grad. schools want rotated page numbers with landscape tables. I searched this site and many others. The one that worked for me is Leo Liu's from this site. Here it is (I have a long preamble, this is the end):
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,backgrounds,decorations.pathmorphing,decorations.pathreplacing}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancypagestyle{lscapedplain}{%
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot{%
\tikz[remember picture,overlay]
\node[outer sep=1cm,above,rotate=90] at (current page.east) {\thepage};}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{landscape}
\thispagestyle{lscapedplain}
\pagestyle{lscapedplain}
\begin{table}[htb!]
%%%
\end{table}
\end{landscape}
\pagestyle{plain}
This gives me a rotated page with rotated page number. But my page number is bold, looks different from the others. Plus I want to be able to play with its placement if possible. I'd appreciate any and all answers. Than you.