Exam class: Header on odd pages - including first - footer on all

Question

How do I get my header to appear on only the odd pages, including the first one, and my footer to appear on all pages? I'm using the exam and I have a title with \maketitle. I've tried various things. Currently my code looks like this

\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\lhead[O]{\makebox[.5\textwidth][l]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\rhead[O]{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\footrule
\lfoot{Test 1: Ch 1.5 through 3.4}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{Page \thepage\ of \numpages}

But that's printing header and footer on all pages except the first one. I did not understand any of the hacks I found on the web.

Answer 1

You can use the \oddeven command. That command takes two arguments; the first is used on odd numbered pages and the second is used on even numbered pages. Thus, you'd use something like

  \newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth][l]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
  \newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth][r]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
  \header{\oddeven{\myleft}{\hfill}}
         {\hfill}
         {\oddeven{\myright}{\hfill}}

Edit: Actually, all those \hfill's are unnecessary; you can just use

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\header{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
       {}
       {\oddeven{\myright}{}}

Edit: Here are two complete LaTeX files, both of which work when I test them. The first uses \lhead, \rhead, etc., and the second uses \header.

\documentclass{exam}

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}

\lhead{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
\rhead{\oddeven{\myright}{}}

\footrule
\lfoot{Test 1: Ch 1.5 through 3.4}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{Page \thepage\ of \numpages}

\begin{document}

Here's the first page.
\newpage

Here's the second page.
\newpage

Here's the third page.
\newpage

Here's the fourth page.
\newpage

\end{document}

Here's the second LaTeX file:

\documentclass{exam}

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\header{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
       {}
       {\oddeven{\myright}{}}

\footrule

\footer{Test 1: Ch 1.5 through 3.4}
       {}
       {Page \thepage\ of \numpages}

\begin{document}

Here's the first page.
\newpage

Here's the second page.
\newpage

Here's the third page.
\newpage

Here's the fourth page.
\newpage

\end{document}