Position of page numbers

Question

I want to move the position of my page numbers to the bottom right of the page. Is there a way to do it without using the fancyhdr package?

Right now I just use

\pagenumbering{roman}

and it does the job, but the default setting is to put the page number in the bottom middle. If it makes a difference, I am using TeXworks.

Answer 1

I assume, you are using pagestyle plain. The original definition can be found in source2e. It can be changed from centering to right aligning the page number:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\ps@plain}{%
  \let\@mkboth\@gobbletwo
  \let\@oddhead\@empty
  \def\@oddfoot{%
    \reset@font
    \hfil
    \thepage
    % \hfil % removed for aligning to the right
  }%
  \let\@evenhead\@empty
  \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot
}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{plain}

Remarks:

• Some document classes might already contain support for configuring the footer.
• The page headers and footers can be configured via package fancyhdr or package scrpage2 (from KOMA-Script).

Answer 2

I had the same problem, even though I was using the fancyhdr package. The key is to use the

\fancyhf{}

tag before you use

\begin{document}

if you are using fancyhdr and still getting enumeration for the page numbers in the center of your footer. You can also use the command

\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}

to put the page number in the upper righthand side of the page in the header.

Answer 3

Turns out it is actually easiest to just use \usepackage{fancyhdr}. Added this code and everything works like a charm.

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain\ps@fancy
\makeatother
\rfoot{\thepage}