John Kane wrote:
A key issue in working with page styles for new users is to learn that
in order to use a new page style in OOo Writer that one must insert a
manual page break and change the style being used.
Actually there is another way, which is particularly useful for a
document containing several "chapters", typically starting with a
Heading1. In that case, you can set the *paragraph* style for
Heading1 to "Break, With Page Style" and choose the new page
style; this is done on the Text Flow tab. The effect is that a
page break is inserted, but you don't have to do it manually.
A variation on this is to modify the settings of an individual
paragraph to start on a new page. It's done the same way, on the
Text Flow tab, but in the Paragraph dialog not the Paragraph
Style dialog. (Sorry, that was poorly worded; hope it makes
sense.) That's doing it manually, but using a different approach
from Insert > Break.
Applying a new page style without the
page break/change style simply overwritesht the old style.
Quite true.
I took a look at that one guide, the "Working with Styles
in Writer"
one, and it didnt mention the importance of applying a
manual page
break and from that page break dialog, applying the style
-- so the previous style isn't overwritten.
I don't want to re-read the chapter if I don't have to so does anyone
know if this is actually missing or the reader did not see it. If it is
missing I can write up a quick paragraph to cover it Thanks
This topic is covered in the "Introduction to Styles" chapter.
See the section titled "Manual page breaks". It's also in
"Formatting Pages", but kind of buried in the bit on inserting a
landscape page between portrait pages. I've made a note to do
some more cross-referencing between the chapters, and to add a
few words about this.
Thanks, John, for pointing out this problem of people not being
able to find the information easily, or in a context where they
would look for it. It's a typical case of me being too close to
the material and not realising that something is most definitely
not obvious to other people!
Cheers, Jean
