On Jan 14, 2010, at 01:30 , Richard Detwiler wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> Dear Sir/Madame, >> > > Tia: > > Barbara gave excellent advice on how to do page numbering in OpenOffice > Writer. (Basically two steps, like she said: Insert > Footer > Default; and > then Insert > Fields > Page Number.) > > I, and I suspect others, however, are a bit puzzled by your note. In no place > do you mention that you're using OpenOffice. You say that you're writing a > document using Vista, but Vista is not a word processor, it is an operating > system. > > Vista, along with most Windows systems, generally comes with two fairly basic > word processors, WordPad and Notepad. I'm wondering if there is some chance > that you're using one of these to compose your document, rather than > OpenOffice? If so, the instructions that Barbara gave you wouldn't apply.
It could be even worse than that. I heard recently that Works is still being shipped with Vista. > > It would be helpful if you could write back (to the list at > [email protected], not to me personally; that way, many others, far more > knowledgeable than I am, can assist) and explain further specifically what > you're using for a word processor. (Reminder: Vista, that you mentioned, is > not a word processor, but is an operating system.) I agree with Richard on this point. We need to know more, Tia. //James
