On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Hagar de l'Est < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Printing blank pages can be turned off in the Tools>Options>OOo > Writer>Print dialog IIRC. Oh, that's good then :) > > > Hagar > > > Le 25.05.2008 19:27, Adrian Parker a écrit : > > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> At 19:50 24/05/2008 -0400, Adrian Parker wrote: >>> >>> The previous version of OO acts differently than 2.4 when inserting a >>>> page >>>> break and changing the page numbering... >>>> >>>> For instance my first page should be a cover page (no page number), the >>>> second page should be of type Index. The index page has a table of >>>> contents. It should be page 1 and display in roman numerals. The table >>>> of >>>> contents might be more than one page. Following the table of contents >>>> is >>>> the document proper (whose numbering should begin at 1). >>>> >>>> This is all very sensible and standard, of course (though I could not >>> have >>> guessed this detail from your earlier messages!). And Writer will do it >>> all >>> for you very conveniently. >>> >>> I think the only potentially puzzling behaviour here is what Writer calls >>> "automatically inserted blank pages". Writer considers that you may wish >>> to >>> print your document double-sided and consequently arranges that each >>> odd-numbered page becomes a recto and each even-numbered page a verso. >>> So >>> your second and third sections - each starting at a new version of page 1 >>> (or i) - will be forced onto a right-hand page, with an extra blank page >>> preceding them if necessary. Note that these blank pages do not appear >>> in >>> the normal editing view, but they are clearly visible in Page Preview. >>> >>> If you wish to print the document double-sided, you will need to print, >>> as >>> it were, these blank pages - unless you prefer not to follow this system >>> of >>> page arrangement. But if you print single-sided, you will not want to >>> waste >>> paper by doing so. In any case, you can control the way the document >>> prints >>> at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org Writer | Print | Other | Print >>> automatically inserted blank pages; alternatively, you can reach the same >>> setting on the fly using the Options... button in the Print dialogue. >>> >>> I should be surprised if this behaviour is different from that in earlier >>> versions than 2.4, but I can't comment on that since don't have them >>> available to test. >>> >>> >> The behaviour of 2.4 compared to th previous release does vary. The >> previous version does not print the blank page. >> >> The trouble with the blank page is that nobody ever puts them back in the >> printer, and they end up getting damaged and thrown away. Its just a >> waste >> of paper. >> >> I don't want to print double sided. > >
