Page Layout ⇒ section with page number

[jaybz]

I would like have a section listed next to the page number in the upper right on odd pages like this:

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2.4 sometext     pagenumber    

And upper left on even pages like this.

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pagenumber       2.4 sometext

how can I do this?

[Frits]

First, you have to pick a documentclass that supports two-sided layouts. For example:

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\documentclass[twoside]{article}

Then, the fancyhdr package will allow you to customize the headers/footers of even and odd pages separately. For example:

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\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\leftmark}				% sectiontitle
\fancyhead[CE,CO]{\thepage}				% pagenumbering
\fancyhead[RE,LO]{}							% empty
\fancyfoot[C]{}								% empty

(Hopefully the codes are without errors, since I'm currently not able to test them)

[localghost]

Another package that manages page styles (and in addition much more) is titlesec.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includehead,nofoot,margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[pagestyles,raggedright]{titlesec}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\newpagestyle{main}{%
  \sethead[\thepage][][\thesection\quad\sectiontitle]{\thesection\quad\sectiontitle}{}{\thepage}
  \headrule
}
\pagestyle{main}

\begin{document}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

The blindtext package is only for creating dummy text thus not part of the solution.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[jaybz]

Frits, can you give a minimum working example please.
localghost, I don't understand, where do I actually insert my text? Could you remove the \blinddocument and put in some text as I showed please.

[localghost]

[…] I don't understand, where do I actually insert my text? Could you remove the \blinddocument and put in some text as I showed please.

Where is the problem? Did you test my example? Just replace this command with the content you want to write (sections, subsections, …). The command only creates a whole document for demonstration purposes in order to check whether all settings are right (see package manual). This is a common practise instead of tediously inserting some text. Therefore I remarked that the package is not part of the solution.

[jaybz]

Yes I tested it and looked at the manual and removed the \blinddocument but I still can't figure out the syntax. I'm aware of several common packages the problem is the manuals have no working examples. If I could just read and understand the manual I wouldn't have to ask here. Everybody just wants to post "Oh just use the XXX.. package" and post a link to it. The manuals are terrible especially for beginners, I don't understand them.
Where do I place my text to replace your:

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1 Heading on level 1 (section)                     1

With this minus the horizontal line

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                             2.3 polynomials       1

[localghost]

[…] I'm aware of several common packages the problem is the manuals have no working examples. If I could just read and understand the manual I wouldn't have to ask here. Everybody just wants to post "Oh just use the XXX.. package" and post a link to it. […]

Posting questions here is OK (of course). But you can't always expect to get a full elaborated example. Especially in the case when you have not been proactive and at least presented a minimal example (like here). You should always be aware of the fact that those who try to give help just don't have the time to build complete examples on their own and instead refer to manuals which explain things best. And these manuals are still the best source for information (and always will be).

[…] The manuals are terrible especially for beginners, I don't understand them. […]

For the majority of the manuals I can't share this opinion. However, there are some exceptions. But the fact that you don't understand manuals will turn out to be a big hurdle when working with LaTeX.

Here is another complete example. I don't know if it will help since it is only a slightly modified version to the one I gave earlier. It now explicitly creates a section and subsection and uses the \blindtext command which creates a short paragraph of text. And although you don't like hear that, it is clearly explained in the manual.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includehead,nofoot,margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[pagestyles,raggedright]{titlesec}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\newpagestyle{main}{%
  \sethead[\thepage][][\thesection\quad\sectiontitle]{\thesection\quad\sectiontitle}{}{\thepage}
}
\pagestyle{main}

\begin{document}
  \section{Your section title here}
    \blindtext

  \subsection{Your subsection title here}
    \blindtext
\end{document}

I'm still the opinion that you can find out the basic usage of the involved packages by reading their manuals.

[jaybz]

Ok this is almost what I need but how can I change the page number and still keep it at the top right?

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\headheight 15pt
\rhead{\thepage}
\chead{\hspace*{70mm}  2.3 Polynomials}
%\lhead{}
%\rfoot{}
%\cfoot{}
%\lfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\begin{document}
This is some text here.
\end{document}

[jaybz]

This is the last part of what I need for my document could someone please help me with this?
Thanks

[localghost]

I'm still not sure what you are after. But since you have chosen fancyhdr for your headers, the solutions from another topic might help [1]. The running title is close to the page number, which is shifted into the margin.

[1] View topic: Page numbers "beside" headers