On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 07:54 +1000, Adam wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >   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
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> Got it! I used Chris' idea and formatted the first page as "First Page" and
> then used Tony's and Rob's suggestions.
> Will have to play with this so that I can repeat it next time. Would be
> great if the help system documented this, what would I'm sure be a common
> requirement.
> 
> Thanks for all the help, much appreciated.
> 
> Adam

Great to hear that you have got this sorted. There is stuff about it in
the help, but it is a bit hard to find if you don't quite know what you
are looking for.  And it is complicated by having two different
techniques to do all you want, ie

- Using Styles to differentiate the cover page from other pages.
- Changing the attributes of the first paragraph after a page break to
restart numbering.

If you want to find the help for this last item, first search for 'Page
numbers' then choose 'inserting/defining/formatting'.  On that help page
is 'To Start With a Defined Page Number'.

Tony





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