My grad school has very specific ideas about the placement of page numbers:
Preliminary pages: lowercase Roman numerals, centered 1/2 inch from the bottom of the page. Begin with the number (ii) on the first page of abstract (no pagination on title page).
Text: Arabic numerals, upper right-hand corner, exactly 1 inch from the right-hand edge of the page and 1/2 inch from the top. Begin with the number one (1) on the first page of text and number consecutively.
How can I achieve this using the book class, and maybe fancyhdr and the like?
Related, but for memoir: How can I change the position of my page number ONLY for one section?
EDIT: The grad school want this one-sided, apparently.
geometry
package permits customization of all the page layout parameters, including the position on the page of header and footer.