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@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ floating figures and tables, for example, are not from BasicSetup so
cannot be used.
@PP
There are five symbols of special relevance to page headers and
-footers: {@Code "@Null"}, {@Code "@Centre"}, {@Code "@Center"},
+footers: {@Code "@Null"}, {@Code "@Centre"}, {@Code "@Center"},
{@Code "@Right"}, and {@Code "@PageNum"}.
@PP
The @Code "@Null" symbol is similar to the empty object in printing as
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ Arabic, Roman, etc. as specified by the @Code "@PageNumbers" or
@Code "@IntroPageNumbers" option. @Code "@PageNum" is available only
within page header and footer options.
@PP
+To get the @I last page into a header, so that you can have page
+headers like `Page 5 of 8', you need @Code "@NumberOf last.page" as
+described in Section {@NumberOf cross}. You might have
+@ID @Code "@Centre { Page @PageNum of @NumberOf last.page }"
+as the value of @Code "@EvenTop" and the rest.
+@PP
At this point you might like to pause and verify that the default
values of the sixteen options given above produce what we said they
would: no footers, and a centred page number between hyphens on every