On 1/23/2011 1:00 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
Restarting a thread:
(originally 'Page numbers and footers are being deleted' ...)
I wish to create a title page on a document of about 17 pages.
In response to the previous thread, I have received a lot of great
information, but still am not able to make progress.
So I understand that my goal properly speaking is to modify the
document so that the first page is a title page.
Given the instructions that I have received from you good people and
from the links that I have looked at:
1)I have tried to insert a manual page break following the first
page. Here's what I do:
Placing the cursor at the bottom of the first page, I choose
Insert -> Manual Break -> Default. It appears that the break is
inserted *but* a line is inserted into the next page. This is not
acceptable, but can be corrected (I think) by deleting the top line
of the following page.
When I do this, the cursor is at the beginning of a null paragraph; it's expecting the text for this
page to be entered starting there, there is no actual content yet. If you had actual text beginning
on the first page and flowing to the second, you don't need the manual break. If you had existing
text that began on the old second page that was itself created by inserting a page break and you
still want to have that begin the second page, just use the Delete key to eliminate the old page break.
I note also that the instructions at
http://doc.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Using_page_styles
Refer to a "New Chapter" style option. There is none in our copies
of OO.
I think the assumption was that you'd have created your own page style of that name. Could be
clearer, though!
2)Setting the first page to the "First Page" style. Disturbing.
Here is what I do:
With the cursor on the botton of the first page, I pick
Format -> Styles and Formatting and get a popup window title
"Styles and Formatting".
> From the five icons at the top left of this window, I click on
the second to the rightmost (tooltip says "Page Styles") and
then I click on "First Page". Nothing happens!
You need to double-click a style, not just click, to apply it. For pages (and paragraphs), the style
is applied to the whole page (or paragraph) based on current cursor position; for character styles,
you first need to select the text (or set the style, then enter the text).
And there is not
an "OK" button or any other type of commit button on this window.
The double-click itself is the commitment. The window is really a toolbar, not a dialog, so this is
consistent with normal practice. (It can be docked to an edge, for example; I usually have it up and
docked to the right edge.
Now, if I *Double Click* the "Styles and Formatting" window closes
and I now see that the status bar at the bottom of the page says
"First Page" but! Extra lines have been inserted and that is bad!
Although they can be deleted.
I've never seen any new paragraphs (extra lines) created by this action. I just checked with a test
document and no such change occurred.
Furthermore, if I save the document,
and reopen it, the style for the first page has been reverted to
"Default". Aargh! I am a programmer but unfamiliar with Word
Processors.
Again, I can't reproduce this behavior. If you could send me the file privately (or a
non-confidential file that you have the same problem with) I'll see if I can determine what's
happening. (I'm [email protected].)
So to ask the first question:
Why are separate page styles not being saved?
NOTE: This document is subject to very strict standards by the
recipient.
thanks
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