Hi; Just fixing the wording of my previous post.
On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 10:26 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 10:06 -0500, Richard Detwiler wrote: > > Barbara Duprey wrote: > > > Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: > > >> In a layout for publishing (Openoffice 3.1.1, Debian GNU/Linux) I > > >> need to have page headlines that are different on every page. I have > > >> inserted headers in left-hand and right-hand page styles, and set an > > >> appropriate paragraph style for the content; but when I type a page > > >> headline on any page it is copied to all left-hand pages (or all > > >> right-hand pages, as the case may be). > > >> > > >> I hope I’m overlooking some simple setting. Any help appreciated. > > > > > > What do you need to have be different in each header? Generally > > > speaking, what you need is to click in the header and use Insert > > > > Fields to select the content you want. > > > > > > > Maybe there's some confusion in terminology? The OP uses two terms, > > "headlines" and "headers". I'm not sure if Seamas is using those > > interchangeably or not -- they certainly are not at all equivalent. > > > > If "headers" is really what is meant by "headlines", I'm not sure I > > understand the objective of having headers that are different on every > > page. Isn't the point of a header that there is basically the same thing > > on all pages of that style? (With possible differences being, for > > example, the page number.) > > > > So maybe "headlines" is really more what is meant, and the OP is > > confusing "headers" with a way of achieving "headlines"? > > > > So I think we need some clarification from the OP as to what the goal is. > I think I understand what the OP wants. If I am correct it is not unreasonable. 1) A normal left-page right-page header style that repeats formats and perhaps repeats a centred title and right hand page number, plus 2) A text-box at the left-hand page margin that is within, beside or overlays the header which doesn't repeat the contents but into which he can type different page titles for each page. I am too busy today to experiment, but if I have correctly interpreted his request, it should be achievable by either: a) inserting a blank box (frame) in the header style; b) setting a page style that starts with a frame (text-box), then has the header left margin start at the right margin of the text-box; or c) write a macro bound to a key combination that overlays a frame (text-box) over the header as needed. Check how well the solution prints. -- Regards Bill Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3 Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
