Page Layout ⇒ "\markboth" not working

[lnsam22]

Hi All.

I'm attempting to make my own headers for a paper I'm writing. I want to alternate between two headings: "Left" and "Right"; i.e. Page 1 has 'Left' written in the left corner (along with the page number), page 2 has 'Right' written in the right corner. Page 3 again has 'Left' written in the left corner, page 4 Right in right corner... and so forth.

My problem is: I'm not getting the Left and Right printing out when I use "\markboth". Only Left. Can you help me figure out why? And when you do, get them to alternate pages?

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\documentclass{article}
%
\usepackage{amsmath}%
\usepackage{amsfonts}%
\usepackage{amssymb}%
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{graphics,color}
\usepackage[superscript]{cite}

\begin{document}
\pagestyle{myheadings}
\markboth{Right}{Left}

First page
\newpage
Second page
\newpage
Third page
\newpage
Fourth page

 \end{document}

Thanks much!
lnsam

[frabjous]

The article class is one-sided by default, so it doesn't treat odd and even page numbers differently, and \rightmark is never used.

Change

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\documentclass{article}

to

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\documentclass[twoside]{article}

This, however, will have other effects you may or may not want.

Or better yet, use the fancyhdr package for more customizability.

[lnsam22]

I'm using fancyhdr. You guys on this forum are really helpful. Thanks!