It seems there are no intuitive way to insert page numbers into text document with different starting number :( "Official" WORKAROUND (Format -> Paragraph -> Text Flow tab -> Insert checkbox checked -> With Page Style checkbox checked -> Page number combobox) is not designed for users...
How we can help to fix this important problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118935 Title: [Upstream] [hardy] Writer page numbering offset not working Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Invalid Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in Writer is when one clicks Insert -> Field -> Page Numbers -> double click page number -> change offset from 0 to 6 -> OK button -OR- Insert -> Field -> Other -> Page -> Page Numbers -> Offset 6 -> Insert button it shows the first Page Number object with 6 inside. 4) What happens instead is it shows a blank object. WORKAROUND: click Format -> Paragraph -> Text Flow tab -> Insert checkbox checked -> With Page Style checkbox checked -> Page number combobox 6 -> OK button To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/118935/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
