Wherever they are, page numbers need blank lines around them. So if they are at the top of the page, you would want to put a blank line right after the page break and another after the page number. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Goodin To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:26 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] page number placement Hi all, Am I correct that all page numbers need to be either on the first or last line of the page, i.e. that there should *not be a blank line preceding a page number at the top of a page? Thanks, Donna