URGENT microsoft word format problem HELP??!

[Jonathan Whatley]

I currently use Word for Mac 2011 for papers, and this may not map exactly, but this is a thought:

What I do is create a header, enter the running head and surname using tabs to position them properly, and then I'll have my text insertion cursor at the far right of the header. At this point I'll go to the menu Insert: Page Number. I'm not just coming in from anywhere and commanding Word to insert page numbers on the top right, I'm telling it to insert the page number at my text insertion point, which just happens to be at the top right.

I can imagine that there might be a difference between these two conditions, and that this just might help? *fingers crossed!*