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IA_1269937210-Marble
10-Marble
Nov 26, 2025 9:48 AM UTC
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Formatting Footer

Hi, 

 

I’m looking for help with a formatting issue in the footer of the attached document.
As part of our design submission, we are including various calculations in the appendices and would like them to appear in an orderly manner. For referencing purposes, we’ve attempted to include the appendix number alongside the page number in the footer of each calculation (see attached example).


Could you advise on how to align the formatting so that there is no visible misalignment between the appendix number and the page number?

 

I am using Mathcad Prime 10.0.0.0

 

Kind regards,

Iain 

terryhendicott
terryhendicottAnswer
21-Topaz II
Nov 26, 2025 1:53 PM UTC

I shortened the text box to the left so it could be adjusted up to match the page number.

Cheers

Terry

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Nov 26, 2025 12:08 PM UTC

Which misalignment are you talking about? Do you mean the header, not the footer?

Maybe it helps if you format the text region with the Appendix number  to be right justified

Werner_E_0-1764158799005.png

Unfortunately Prime does not offer a way to automatically align regions so you have to move them manually.

 

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IA_1269937210-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
Nov 26, 2025 12:40 PM UTC

Hi, 

 

The misalignment occurs between the appendix number and the page number, where the page number appears slightly above the appendix number (see image below).

IA_12699372_0-1764160743797.png

Hopefully this is clearer. 

 

Iain 

 

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Nov 26, 2025 1:19 PM UTC

Ahh, yes. Now I see the misalignment. 

The same type of misalignment can also be seen in the header where the text "# of 4" is not vertically centered between the horizontal line as the rest of the text but a little bit too high.

I fear that there is nothing you can do to avoid it.

Page numbers and date are implemented in a very rigid and inflexible way in Prime.
One would expect a simple code like \# or {#} which, when typed in a text region would be translated into the page number.

Sadly, PTC has gone for a different approach with Prime here, which is pretty clumsy and not very versatile.
Nonetheless I would call it a bug (which you may report to official PTC support) that these auto generated text boxed behave differently from normal text boxes and don't align the same way.

 

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