Center Section Name in Running Head

[NatureCulture]

Dear Support Community,

On my master page I have a section name in the running head, and the length of this name changes depending on the section. I want to always have the section name centered. But--I also have a page # in the running head. If I try to center the section name, it moves both the page # and the section name. Is there a way to leave the page # where it is at the edge, and center just the variable section name so that it is always in the center? 

Thank you for your ideas.

Lis

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

If I understand correctly, the easiest way to do this would be to use two text frames.

[NatureCulture]

It worked! Thank you very much!

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Lis,

you could do this in the following way:

Have your running head text variable in a text frame with center alignment of the paragraph.

Anchor a text frame with the auto page number right after the text variable.

Some screenshots from my German InDesign 2021 below.

A Master with a running header text variable centered that picks up text with a certain character style.

Anchored to the insertion point before or after the text variable a text frame holding the auto page variable:

Two document pages with the result:

Download the document from my Dropbox Account:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tuw323347pazo2n/CenterSectionNameInRunningHead-2021.indd?dl=1

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[NatureCulture]

This was so helpful---it taught me a few things I did not know how to do---but for this particular case, it did much more than I needed, so I did the 2 text frame solution above. I will keep all this more advanced information as I move forward----Many thanks!