https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35694
--- Comment #68 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #65) > (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #61) > > In LibreOffice, the page number is set through properties of a page break. > > Which is a problem, as it doesn't cover the first page; It does. The very first paragraph can have the page break with respective properties as well. > nor does it allow for defining a progression rule for page numbers; Why *page number is set through properties of a page break* is the problem here? It is completely orthogonal. The mechanism is lacking completely, but can be implemented there as well. > nor does it properly cover the case of implicit page transitions, No idea what does that mean. > paragraphs which begin on a new page, Same here - no idea what could this be in the frame of the topic. But maybe better to discuss elsewhere anyway. > But again, I believe that's a different discussion for a different and > perhaps deeper bug. This bug is about working with the page numbering > mechanism LO has right now. Agree. Now to the topic. Note that the wish to show numbers outside of the existing range is wrong *in principle*. There is bug 149480; please think about it. The page field must not show any "random" number: it must show the number *flexibly* assigned to a specified page. Only having that page physically, can you know what page number is assigned to it - it could be an arbitrary number, say, 1 again (because user specified that manually). Its type may be arbitrary, say, Roman or Arabic. So no, there is *no* meaningful number in an absent page, which a field could show. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
