On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Rob Clement <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22/07/2010 12:07, Adam wrote: > >> For some reason not working for me Tony. These are the steps I'm taking: >> >> 1. Move cursor to end of coversheet >> 2. Insert> Manual Break> Page Break> OK >> 3. Format> Paragraph >> 4. Select the "Text Flow" tab. >> 5. Check Insert >> 6. Check With Page Style >> 7. Set Page_number to 1 >> 8. Click OK >> 9. No page numbers :( >> >> >> Adam >> >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Tony Pursell >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 19:35 +1000, Adam wrote: >>> >>>> An OO novice, I'm trying to page number a text document but don't want >>>> to >>>> have the cover sheet numbered. I just can't work this out even after >>>> read >>>> the online help :( >>>> >>>> Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> Australia >>>> >>> >>> Solution depends on whether you want the cover page counted, but not >>> numbered (i.e page after the cover page is page 2), or you want >>> numbering to start as page 1 on the page after the cover page. >>> >>> If it is the latter you need put a page break as the very first thing on >>> the page after the cover page. You probably have this already. The with >>> the cursor on that position, do Format> Paragraph and select the "Text >>> Flow" tab. On that tab, under "Breaks", make sure "Insert" and "With >>> Page Style" are checked and then set "Page Number" to 1. >>> >>> This is the way to explicitly set a starting page number at a particular >>> page. >>> >>> Hope this helps >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> >> >> Adam > > we normally bottom post here. > > To insert page numbers in a document. > > Step 1 > Insert >footer >Default > Step 2 in the footer type Page and a space > step 3 >Insert >Fields >Page Number > > I think that is more or less what you want. I then centre the footer so the > literal page and the page number appear in the middle of the page. > > Thanks > > Rob > > > > Thanks Rob. I tried your suggestion and it puts the page number on the cover sheet which I don't want :( Also, sorry for top posting..... Adam
