Running Footer Question

[leeking]

Hi,

How can I create a running footer in Affinity Publisher v2, where one side of the page shows the chapter number and where the other side shows the title name?

Thanks in advance.

[Oufti]

Fields are made for that. 

https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Advanced/fields.html

Is there anything else that you need to know?

[leeking]

Thank you very much for replying. I figured out how to insert a running footer and create section names for each. But I would like my book to have a running footer on the left side of the page with the chapter number and the opposite side to have the title name. I need help to figure out how to do that. I would appreciate any help.

Thanks.

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, leeking said:

I would like my book to have a running footer on the left side of the page with the chapter number and the opposite side to have the title name. I need help to figure out how to do that. I would appreciate any help.

Use a Tab between the left bit and the right bit. Set the Paragraph Style for the header to use a Right align tab in the Tab Stop section and have zero (or whatever value you want) plus check the From Right. There is a hard to see ellipsis to access this little window.

 

[Oufti]

Here is a demo with Paragraph style "Intitulé 1" applied to the chapter title, with automatic Bullets & Numbering, and then chosen as reference style for the running footer field, with the option "Include paragraph number" ticked. A right aligned tab stop has been placed in the footer, as explained by @Old Bruce:

Running header.afpub

[leeking]

A sincere thank you to you guys for helping me figure it out. I got it now. Thanks again. 😊

[leeking]

Hello again everyone,
I thought I had this figured out, Maybe I did something wrong. I have included a screenshot of what I did. I created a footer with the section name and thought I followed everyone's advance perfectly, but I still have problems. How do I make the left side of the page say "Chapter 1" and the right side say only "Sewing Basics"? I know I can create different section names, but I want the right side of the page to say something different. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated. I am a total newbie here. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

Thanks in advance.

[Oufti]

15 minutes ago, leeking said:

I have included a screenshot of what I did.

Are you sure? I don't see it… 

[leeking]

Sorry about that, I have now included the screenshot

[Old Bruce]

6 minutes ago, leeking said:

Sorry about that, I have now included the screenshot

??? This is what I see on Mac OS with safari.

[leeking]

I am not sure what is going on, but can everyone see the screenshot now?

 

[leeking]

Hello again everyone,
I thought I had this figured out, Maybe I did something wrong. I have included a screenshot of what I did. I created a footer with the section name and thought I followed everyone's advance perfectly, but I still have problems. How do I make the left side of the page say "Chapter 1" and the right side say only "Sewing Basics"? I know I can create different section names, but I want the right side of the page to say something different. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated. I am a total newbie here. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

Thanks in advance.

[walt.farrell]

You will need to specify the footer (Running Header) fields differently on the left-hand page than on the right-hand page. Can you show us the details of what you inserted on those pages? Or provide a sample .afpub document with them set for us to examine?

[Oufti]

I'm not sure what you want to achieve, or what is the problem in your screenshot, but I think the answer is in this post (and the following):

• Insert a tab between "Chapter 1" and "Your title" in the Bullets & numbering panel (red).
• Define for this paragraph style a right aligned tabstop at 0 mm from the right margin (green).

 

[leeking]

Hello Walt,

I honestly do not know how to provide a sample for you. (yes I am a complete novice), but what I did to create the footer: on the master page I went into text>insert>fields>section name. Then I created section names for each chapter. I hope I am explaining this right. sorry for my bad English. here is a view of it on the master. 

[leeking]

Oufti, 

thanks again for your replies. The problem with my screenshot is that the arrow that you see in the picture is pointing to where I want the words "Chapter 1" The screenshot that you provided me I am having a hard time finding it. is your screenshot in the fields panel? 

[walt.farrell]

9 minutes ago, leeking said:

I honestly do not know how to provide a sample for you. (yes I am a complete novice), but what I did to create the footer: on the master page I went into text>insert>fields>section name. Then I created section names for each chapter. I hope I am explaining this right. sorry for my bad English. here is a view of it on the master. 

Thanks.

So, you said you want the Section Name. And that's exactly what it gave you. If that's not what you want, then:

1. You'll need to change the Section Name so the lefthand page has what you want; and
2. You'll need to use something else as the footer on the righthand page, perhaps a Running Header Field based on a Text Style, and some text with that Text Style that says what you want to see on the righthand page.

[leeking]

Hey Walt,

Will try this and let you guys know how it worked.

thanks.

[Old Bruce]

43 minutes ago, leeking said:

How do I make the left side of the page say "Chapter 1" and the right side say only "Sewing Basics"? I know I can create different section names, but I want the right side of the page to say something different. Please, any help will be greatly appreciated. I am a total newbie here. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

When you say side do you in fact mean Page? Pay attention to the way I have set up the Paragraph Styles. Note that the "tab" in the Section names has to copied and pasted from some text, we cannot just use the Tab key or use the Insert > Tab from the menu. Pages 1 -3 have no section name and no applied master, Section 2 starts on Page 4 and Section 3 starts on Page 8.

extended Footer.afpub

[leeking]

Old Bruce,

Thank you so so much for the visual. This actually HELPED! I am smiling from ear to ear now. I feel a little bit dumb, but hey I am learning. The first time I was using tab and it was not working out, but with the visual I figured out now. Thank you so much.

 

[leeking]

Thank you Oufti and Walt farell. I truly appreciate you guys as well.

[Old Bruce]

Happy to hear that it helped. There are many roads to Rome. Note that I used three text frames, You could get by with just one; page num, tab, section name, tab, page num.

[leeking]

Thanks Old Bruce!