I want to customize the page numbering in my LaTex document. I'm using \fancyfoot{} but it shows up the footer next to the default page numbering. I use \cfoot{} to get rid of default numbering, but it seems to keep its space. See the picture. I want to show only the \fancyfoot footer and it to be centered or righted properly. Aligning to the left works fine.
\documentclass[12, a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Headers and footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\cfoot{}
\usepackage{lastpage} % To reference last page's number
\usepackage{geometry} % Margin and layout
\geometry{
includefoot,
a4paper,
total={170mm,257mm},
left=25mm,
top=25mm,
right=25mm,
bottom=25mm
}
% Número de página en el pie de página
\fancyfoot[R]{Página \thepage \hspace{1pt} de \pageref{LastPage}}
Change the page geometry before your footer:
\documentclass[12, a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{geometry} % Margin and layout
\geometry{
includefoot,
a4paper,
total={170mm,257mm},
left=25mm,
top=25mm,
right=25mm,
bottom=25mm
}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Headers and footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\cfoot{}
\usepackage{lastpage} % To reference last page's number
% Número de página en el pie de página
\fancyfoot[C]{Página \thepage \hspace{1pt} de \pageref{LastPage}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum\lipsum
\end{document}