This page here should give you a lead. https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Page_numbering
Am 24. August 2020 05:02:22 MESZ schrieb Michael Coughlin <mecoughli...@gmail.com>: >Open Office people: > >I am trying to design a 100-page book using Open Office 4.1.6 > >For three days I have wrestled with various issues and seem to have >most of >them worked out. However, I cannot get the page numbering sequence to >work >as I would like. I have front matter that I would like numbered with >Roman >numerals and a few pages later the rest of the book numbered with >Arabic >numerals. If needed, I can skip the first set of Roman numerals >(though I >would prefer to have them), but every time I apply the footer numbers >to >the later section of the text, the number starts with 13--which in fact >it >is the 13th page, but I want the numbering to start there with 1. What >can >I do to correct this problem? > >Thanks. > >-- >Mike Coughlin >Letterpress Book Publishing >website: letterpressbookpublishing.com
