Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Hi Harvey, Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 31-May-20 um 21:16: Hello Regina, Thanks for taking the trouble to offer help. Perhaps if I describe my 'case' it will help to see where I am coming from. I wanted to define a header for each page that is either a copy of the previous header or a new one. The application in my current case is collection of handwritten court papers (from 1813) that I want to transcribe. The originals are in jpeg. Some are just single sheets, some sheets are left and right pages together, some are just snippets. Obviously the order is important, and the source names of the jpeg files serve very well as a header that should not of itself belong the the transcription text. hence my simple requirement. It was a deliberate choice to try to use the header feature (rather than headings within the body of the text) because it made sense to me to keep the metadata (i.e. file names of each sheet) separate from the actual content of each sheet. In the end, I would have a complete LO text document in which each page was headed with the file name to identify its source and a page full of text showing the textual content of each sheet. The resulting document would evidently contain 29 pages with about 20 different headers. I would go with true headings of style 'Heading 1' or other styles with outline level 1. Start each transcribing of a document on a new page and put the heading as very first paragraph on that page. Then you can add a field to the header. It will show this heading until it comes to a new page with a different heading. That way you only need one page style for all. To get the needed field open the Fields dialog by Ctrl+F2. In tab "Document" select item "Chapter". You likely need format "Chapter name". If you do not like having a file name as heading, you can fake hiding it. Set the font size to 2pt and the font color to white. Using true headings has the advantage, that you can generate a table of contents and you can generate a tagged PDF. To get "Table of contents" in the header, set the outline level of style "Contents Headings" to "Level 1" and make sure, that the table of contents starts on a new page. From content, I would not use a file name, but would use a short text, that describes the source. I like the idea from Drew to insert a caption to each image. Such caption would be a good place for the reference to the source of the image and - as Drew mentioned - allows to generate a "Table of Figures". Here you would need to set style "Figure Index Heading" to outline level "Level 1" to get the correct text into the header. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Perhaps you're being proactive, but the time on your post is still a couple of minutes from now. ;-) On 2020-05-31 03:52 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: Looking at your requirements I was curious if using captions for the images could give you what you want. If the caption was the name of the document then you can handle the different cases of single image documents vs multi-image documents in a straight forward way; Single image caption is just the name of the document. A document spanning two images would have the name of the document and which page it is. There is perhaps a bonus also in that you could generate a table of images at the front of the document which uses the caption text and offers the option to create an internal link to the page with the image. Just a thought. Best wishes, Drew On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 3:18 PM Harvey Nimmo wrote: Hello Regina, Thanks for taking the trouble to offer help. Perhaps if I describe my 'case' it will help to see where I am coming from. I wanted to define a header for each page that is either a copy of the previous header or a new one. The application in my current case is collection of handwritten court papers (from 1813) that I want to transcribe. The originals are in jpeg. Some are just single sheets, some sheets are left and right pages together, some are just snippets. Obviously the order is important, and the source names of the jpeg files serve very well as a header that should not of itself belong the the transcription text. hence my simple requirement. It was a deliberate choice to try to use the header feature (rather than headings within the body of the text) because it made sense to me to keep the metadata (i.e. file names of each sheet) separate from the actual content of each sheet. In the end, I would have a complete LO text document in which each page was headed with the file name to identify its source and a page full of text showing the textual content of each sheet. The resulting document would evidently contain 29 pages with about 20 different headers. I was expecting some simple implementation but, to my surprise, did not find such. In the meantime Remy has made a suggestion that show how much more complex it could be, than expected. Greetings Harvey On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 22:49 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30-May-20 um 18:54: My intention was to use the header function to describe each page of a 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two pages may have the same header. What do you mean by "describe"? There exists some variables like chapter number and text, that will adapt automatically to the content of the page. I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the header of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How mistaken could I be?!! ?? You really need to describe more detailed the desired content of the "header". Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Looking at your requirements I was curious if using captions for the images could give you what you want. If the caption was the name of the document then you can handle the different cases of single image documents vs multi-image documents in a straight forward way; Single image caption is just the name of the document. A document spanning two images would have the name of the document and which page it is. There is perhaps a bonus also in that you could generate a table of images at the front of the document which uses the caption text and offers the option to create an internal link to the page with the image. Just a thought. Best wishes, Drew On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 3:18 PM Harvey Nimmo wrote: > > Hello Regina, > > Thanks for taking the trouble to offer help. > > Perhaps if I describe my 'case' it will help to see where I am coming > from. I wanted to define a header for each page that is either a > copy of the previous header or a new one. > > The application in my current case is collection of handwritten court > papers (from 1813) that I want to transcribe. The originals are in > jpeg. Some are just single sheets, some sheets are left and right pages > together, some are just snippets. Obviously the order is > important, and the source names of the jpeg files serve very well as a > header that should not of itself belong the the transcription text. > hence my simple requirement. > > It was a deliberate choice to try to use the header feature (rather > than headings within the body of the text) because it made sense to me > to keep the metadata (i.e. file names of each sheet) separate from the > actual content of each sheet. In the end, I would have a complete LO > text document in which each page was headed with the file name to > identify its source and a page full of text showing the textual content > of each sheet. The resulting document would evidently contain 29 pages > with about 20 different headers. > > I was expecting some simple implementation but, to my surprise, did not > find such. In the meantime Remy has made a suggestion that show how > much more complex it could be, than expected. > > Greetings > Harvey > > > > > On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 22:49 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > > Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30-May-20 um 18:54: > > > My intention was to use the header function to describe each page > > > of a > > > 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two > > > pages may have the same header. > > > > What do you mean by "describe"? There exists some variables like > > chapter > > number and text, that will adapt automatically to the content of the > > page. > > > > > > > > I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the > > > header > > > of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How > > > mistaken could I be?!! > > > > ?? You really need to describe more detailed the desired content of > > the > > "header". > > > > Kind regards > > Regina > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Hello Regina, Thanks for taking the trouble to offer help. Perhaps if I describe my 'case' it will help to see where I am coming from. I wanted to define a header for each page that is either a copy of the previous header or a new one. The application in my current case is collection of handwritten court papers (from 1813) that I want to transcribe. The originals are in jpeg. Some are just single sheets, some sheets are left and right pages together, some are just snippets. Obviously the order is important, and the source names of the jpeg files serve very well as a header that should not of itself belong the the transcription text. hence my simple requirement. It was a deliberate choice to try to use the header feature (rather than headings within the body of the text) because it made sense to me to keep the metadata (i.e. file names of each sheet) separate from the actual content of each sheet. In the end, I would have a complete LO text document in which each page was headed with the file name to identify its source and a page full of text showing the textual content of each sheet. The resulting document would evidently contain 29 pages with about 20 different headers. I was expecting some simple implementation but, to my surprise, did not find such. In the meantime Remy has made a suggestion that show how much more complex it could be, than expected. Greetings Harvey On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 22:49 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30-May-20 um 18:54: > > My intention was to use the header function to describe each page > > of a > > 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two > > pages may have the same header. > > What do you mean by "describe"? There exists some variables like > chapter > number and text, that will adapt automatically to the content of the > page. > > > > > I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the > > header > > of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How > > mistaken could I be?!! > > ?? You really need to describe more detailed the desired content of > the > "header". > > Kind regards > Regina > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Hi, The header is attached to the page style you are using. For a given page style, the header will be the same. I think you are looking for a function similat to MS-WORD where you can link consecutive headers and footers to have them "copied" from one section to the other, when pages are separated with section breaks. LO does not operate quite like that: LO provides page styles that contain the complete definition of what your page should look like, along with header and footer. So, for a given page style, the header will be the same when it is applied to a page, what ever the page is. So, to have the same header on pages 1-5, use Page Style 1 To have a different header on page 6, use Page Style 2 To have the same header on pages 7-10 as on pages 1-5, apply Page Style 1 to those pages Etc. To quickly see the page style, look in the middle of the status bar at the bottom of the screen. You can right-click to set the page style for the current page (actually from the last manual page break to the next one). If you want to insert a page break and jump on a new style, then go to Insert -> Other Breaks > Manual Break and on the dialog, select page break and set the name of the style you want from the drop-down. To create a new style, go Style -> Manage Styles and when the thing opens on the right, go to page styles and create what you need (right click on a style and then New...) I hope this helps. Rémy. Le samedi 30 mai 2020 à 18:54 +0200, Harvey Nimmo a écrit : > My intention was to use the header function to describe each page of a > 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two > pages may have the same header. > > I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the header > of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How > mistaken could I be?!! > > No matter what I tried, I was totally unable to find the trick for such > a simple feature...so that I am beginning to question my sanity. ;-) > The final result was that the first header was all right, but all the > subsequent headers oscillated between the one for page 29 and page 26. > J-) > > I'm using LO on Linux. > > Version: 6.4.2.2 > Build ID: 40(Build:2) > CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; > Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB > Calc: threaded > > So what's the trick? I am sure that other users have been down a > similar path. > > Greetings > Harvey > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Harvey Nimmo schrieb am 30-May-20 um 18:54: My intention was to use the header function to describe each page of a 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two pages may have the same header. What do you mean by "describe"? There exists some variables like chapter number and text, that will adapt automatically to the content of the page. I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the header of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How mistaken could I be?!! ?? You really need to describe more detailed the desired content of the "header". Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
Thanks, Remy. I think this could be close to the solution I am looking for, but that means I have some 20 page styles for 29 pages of documentbut...OKIs the MS-Word solution patented? If not, could it be implemented here? Cheers Harvey On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 14:36 -0400, Remy Gauthier wrote: > Hi, > The header is attached to the page style you are using. For a given > page style, the header will be the same. I think you are looking for > a function similat to MS-WORD where you can link consecutive headers > and footers to have them "copied" from one section to the other, when > pages are separated with section breaks. LO does not operate quite > like that: LO provides page styles that contain the complete > definition of what your page should look like, along with header and > footer. So, for a given page style, the header will be the same when > it is applied to a page, what ever the page is. > So, to have the same header on pages 1-5, use Page Style 1To have a > different header on page 6, use Page Style 2To have the same header > on pages 7-10 as on pages 1-5, apply Page Style 1 to those pagesEtc. > To quickly see the page style, look in the middle of the status bar > at the bottom of the screen. You can right-click to set the page > style for the current page (actually from the last manual page break > to the next one). If you want to insert a page break and jump on a > new style, then go to Insert -> Other Breaks > Manual Break and on > the dialog, select page break and set the name of the style you want > from the drop-down. > To create a new style, go Style -> Manage Styles and when the thing > opens on the right, go to page styles and create what you need (right > click on a style and then New...) > I hope this helps. > Rémy. > > > Le samedi 30 mai 2020 à 18:54 +0200, Harvey Nimmo a écrit : > > My intention was to use the header function to describe each page > > of a29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where > > twopages may have the same header. > > I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the > > headerof each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous > > page. Howmistaken could I be?!! > > No matter what I tried, I was totally unable to find the trick for > > sucha simple feature...so that I am beginning to question my > > sanity. ;-)The final result was that the first header was all > > right, but all thesubsequent headers oscillated between the one for > > page 29 and page 26.J-) > > I'm using LO on Linux. > > Version: 6.4.2.2Build ID: 40(Build:2)CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux > > 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); > > UI-Language: en-GBCalc: threaded > > So what's the trick? I am sure that other users have been down > > asimilar path. > > GreetingsHarvey > > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Logic of headers (and footers) or my lack of it!
My intention was to use the header function to describe each page of a 29 page document separately, with a couple of exceptions where two pages may have the same header. I thought that it would just be a simple question of telling the header of each page to copy (or not) the header of the previous page. How mistaken could I be?!! No matter what I tried, I was totally unable to find the trick for such a simple feature...so that I am beginning to question my sanity. ;-) The final result was that the first header was all right, but all the subsequent headers oscillated between the one for page 29 and page 26. J-) I'm using LO on Linux. Version: 6.4.2.2 Build ID: 40(Build:2) CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: threaded So what's the trick? I am sure that other users have been down a similar path. Greetings Harvey -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
