On 03/03/2011 01:07 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > I'm using Open Office Writer 3.2 on Mint 10 (ubuntu 10). > For the life of me, I can not make a page number field visible in a > header. > > Example: With the cursor in the main body of the document: > ------------------------------------------------------ > Insert-> Fields-> Other->Variables(tab). > Under 'Type' select 'Set page variable' > Under 'Selection' > Click 'on' in the Offset box and enter 1 less than the desired starting > page number. > Click 'Insert' > Under 'Type', again, click on 'Show page variable' > Under 'Format' click on > 'As page Style' > Click 'Insert' > Click 'Close' > ------------------------------------------------------ > and I see a page number at the top of the page. > But if I do the same in the header I see a small > gray area highlighted in the header, but no number is visible! > NOTE: Text typed in is visible. > I can also see by backtracking in Edit->Undo that two > fields were inserted. *But* it is just not visible. > > How can I correct this? > thanks
Works for me: Ubuntu 10.10 (Ubuntu)OOo 3.2.1 and (Standard)OOo 3.3.0 and LibreOffice 3.3.1. Do you by chance have 'View|Field Shadings' checked? If so uncheck and see if that makes a difference. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] with Subject: help
