How can I change the position of my page number ONLY for one section?

Question

The thesis of my university requires the pagination in the following way:

(1) Pages preceding the introduction (acknowledgment, table of contents, list of tables, etc.) are to be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals beginning with ii, iii, iv, etc., centered at the bottom of the page at least one double-space below the last line of text and one inch above the bottom of the page.

(2) The body of the thesis or dissertation ... Each page should be numbered at the upper right within the right margin...

How can I solve this problem, especially for the table of context, since other section, I can manually create other file?

For example, I have tried this:

\documentclass[12pt]{memoir}

\copypagestyle{chapter}{plain}
\makeevenfoot{chapter}{}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{chapter}{}{}{}
\makeevenhead{chapter}{}{}{\thepage}
\makeoddhead{chapter}{}{}{\thepage}
\copypagestyle{part}{plain}
\makeevenfoot{part}{}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{part}{}{}{}
\makeevenhead{part}{}{}{\thepage}
\makeoddhead{part}{}{}{\thepage}
\makeevenfoot{headings}{}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{headings}{}{}{}
\makeevenhead{headings}{}{}{\thepage}
\makeoddhead{headings}{}{}{\thepage}

\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\begin{abstract}
Abstract\\
Abstract\\
Abstract\\
\end{abstract}•
\newpage

\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\setcounter{page}{1}
\chapter{One}
blah blah
\section{A}
\section{B}
\chapter{Two}
\section{A}
\section{B}
\end{document}}

This solves the problem for i, ii, iii and 1, 2, 3. However, how can I change the positions of i, ii, iii to meet (1) that centered at the bottom?

I appreciate it if anyone can help.

Answer 1

This is quite simple to do. Basically you just need to use the plain page style for the \frontmatter and then redefine the headings pagestyle for the rest of the document. I've aliased the chapter pagestyle to be headings after the \mainmatter command. This way it will redefine the \chapter page style only after the table of contents etc. It's an odd format to have the number of the first page of a chapter be on the upper right (usually it's in the bottom centre). If you need the first pages of chapters to be at the bottom centre, just remove the \aliaspagestyle command. Since it appears you need all pages to have the same header, I've added the oneside option to the \documentclass command.

\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{kantlipsum} % package for dummy text (not needed)

\makepagestyle{headings}
\makeevenfoot{headings}{}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{headings}{}{}{}
\makeevenhead{headings}{}{}{\thepage}
\makeoddhead{headings}{}{}{\thepage}


\begin{document}
\pagestyle{plain}
\frontmatter
\begin{abstract}
\kant[1-2]
\end{abstract}
\newpage

\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\pagestyle{headings}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{headings} % remove this if chapter beginnings are different

\chapter{One}
\kant
\section{A}
\section{B}
\chapter{Two}
\kant
\section{A}
\section{B}
\end{document}