At 00:35 29/09/2009 +0000, Mark C. Miller wrote:
What I'm trying to do is create a document that has a 4-block header on the left hand side, the title in the center, and then open space for the author to enter their material. When they get to the second page, I want them to have the full page length, plus a header that starts with page number 2. I do not want a header on the first page.
You can do all this with a single template. You'll need different page styles for your first and subsequent pages. Since you want the text to flow naturally from the first to second pages, you won't want to insert a manual page break but instead you'll want to make your second page style the Next Style of your first page style. The existing "First Page" and "Default" page styles may suffice, suitably customised. As has already been pointed out, no special treatment will be necessary for the numbering on page two to start at "2".
You - and indeed your authors - may be surprised to see the resulting single-page template with no page number. But the later page style and the linkage to it are buried in the template and as soon as typing into a document spills over onto page two the page numbers will spring into life.
This is really easy to set up in Word, I'm having a hard time convincing others in my department that moving to OOo is worthwhile when these kinds of problems creep up.
I think this is fairly straightforward in Writer - once you know how.
Sorry. Rant off.
No need to be sorry. I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
