Reply To: Help with page numbering please!

Aha. Opinions — with a capital “O”!

Here's mine: A blank page is professional; a blank page with only a header or footer is not professional (typically, printed Word documents are littered with these).

A blank page that says “Intentionally left blank” is a logical contradiction which I cannot process. It must be something American — afraid of being sued for having a blank page for no apparent reason at all.

A left hand side blank page is extremely normal. A right hand side blank page is plain weird, and should be avoided in “a professional book”.

A blank page is not meant to do anything. It's sole reason of being is to allow the next chapter to start on an odd page again. If you don't want blank pages at all, drop the requirement of starting chapters on odd pages. They are mutually exclusive!