Set up facing pages in Pages documents on Mac
Facing pages (also known as a two-page spread) are often used for book layouts and for double-sided documents that you intend to print. Documents that use facing pages can have different headers, footers and section layout objects on left- and right-facing pages.
Set up facing pages in a word processing document
Click
in the toolbar, then click the Document tab at the top of the sidebar.Note: If the Document Body tickbox isnโt selected, this is a page layout document and you should follow the instructions in โSet up facing pages in a page layout documentโ below.
Select the Facing Pages tickbox under Document Margins.
In Page Thumbnails view, the page thumbnails rearrange as two-page spreads. If your document zoom is set to Two Pages, left and right pages appear side by side in the Pages window.
Do any of the following:
Set top, bottom, inside and outside margins: Click the arrows or enter values in the fields under Document Margins. The inside margin is the edge of any page that goes into the binding. The outside margin is on the outside edge of each page.
Use different headers and footers for left- and right-facing pages: Click
in the toolbar, click the Section tab, click an empty space on the page (so nothing is selected), then in the Headers & Footers section, select the โLeft and right pages are differentโ tickbox. If your document has more than one section, you may need to do this for each section.
To learn how to edit headers and footers, see Add and remove headers and footers.
Set up facing pages in a page layout document
Click
in the toolbar.Note: If the Document Body tickbox halfway down the sidebar is selected, this is a word processing document and you should follow the instructions in โSet up facing pages in a word processing documentโ above.
Select the Facing Pages tickbox in the Header & Footer Margins section.
In Page Thumbnails view, the page thumbnails rearrange as two-page spreads. If your document zoom is set to Two Pages, left and right pages appear side by side in the Pages window.
Do any of the following:
Set top, bottom, inside and outside margins: Click the arrows or enter values in the Header & Footer Margins section. In page layout documents, you set header and footer margins, not page margins. The inside margin is the edge of any page that goes into the binding. The outside margin is on the outside edge of each page.
Use different headers and footers for left- and right-facing pages: Select the โLeft and right pages are differentโ tickbox below the Facing Pages tickbox.
To learn how to edit headers and footers, see Add and remove headers and footers.
Tip: When you print your document, check your printer options and set it to print two pages per sheet.