On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Tony Pursell <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > > > > > > Thanks Tony. Yes it was difficult and as I said right up front, I did read through the help but still struggled with it. Perhaps the help could do with some refining as I'm sure that I will not be the last person having this basic requirement. Regards Adam
