On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:32 +0000, Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:29 15/03/2009 -0400, Wayne Noname wrote: > >I'm using oo 3.01 on ubuntu 8.10 with linux. While in calc I > >decided to create a header. In the first area I put the date, in > >the center area I put the title of the report, finally in the > >last area i enter the pages. When I preview the page every page > >number has the same number, the last page #. > > This is not the normal behaviour, of course, so I'm having to guess > what you are doing wrong here. Are you perhaps missing the point of > a header - that it puts substantially *the same* information on each > page (pages that are formatted with the same page style, that > is)? Are you perhaps entering the page numbers manually on each > page? In that case, every number you enter replaces the previous > entry *for all pages* (with that page style). So yes: if you enter > them in order, the last one you enter would appear on all page headers. > > In order to get the page number to increment automatically, you need > to use the Page button in the "Custom header" row of the Header > dialogue. This inserts a field which automatically takes on the page > number as necessary. > > >So I thought I would try customize the page number and selected page > >1 of ?. When I did this all the heading info that I had entered was > >deleted and the page was put in the center area. > > This is easy. The preset headers in the drop-down list at Header are > not individual items that can be inserted into one of the three > areas, but evidently complete packages. "Page 1 of ?" is a header > with this in the centre area and nothing in the other two. > > >Anyway to correct this? > > If you want "Page 1 of ?" in the right area and your other entries in > the other two, there are two ways to proceed. Either: > o Use the predefined "Page 1 of ?" header, but then cut and paste it > into the right area and then add your other entries in the left and centre, > or: > o In the right area, type "Page ", press the Page button, type " of > ", and press the Pages button.
I tried the second solution and it seems to partly work. The only problem is that it starts with page 0. How do I get it to start with page 1? Wayne > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
