On Friday 12 August 2005 12:17, Joe Schaffner wrote: > 1) Can anybody explain to me what the difference is between a field > and a variable? > > The help is very confusing and I couldn't find it mentioned at all in > the documentation. From my understanding the value of a field is generally not under your control, e.g. page number, date, etc. whereas a variable can be changed by you.
> 2) What is the difference between a set [sic] variable and a "show > variable"? "set" = give the variable a value "show" = display the variable in the document > Variables are set, reset maybe, but "show"? This is all non-standard > terminology. > > 3) I need to define chapter-level fields to complete this document. I think that this can be done, have a look thru the mail archives as I'm sure someone else explained this previously -= or have a look at http://documentation.openoffice.org > Can I? Can't I? If I can't, the document will come out looking like > the OO.o user guide, pure amateur. What a nice compliment! Did you ever consider that there may be authors of that document on this list and that they put *A LOT* of work into that document ? > Joe > > On 8/8/05, Joe Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What about user-defined, chapter-level "variables" or "fields?" > > > > Joe > > > > On 8/6/05, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Friday 29 July 2005 20:00, Joe Schaffner wrote: > > > > Answer: by inserting a section break. > > > > > > > > A section break is just like a page break, but it resets the > > > > headers/footers (which are indeed attributes of the section, not the > > > > page). I used section breaks all the time to start new chapters. > > > > Where did they go? > > > > > > > > How do I insert a section break in OO? > > > > > > > > I notice a 'Manual Break' menu item, with page breaks, but no section > > > > break. > > > > > > > > [To be sure: chapters always begin on a new page, but subsections > > > > don't, so the section break does not always start a new page, but it > > > > will always influence the headers and footers] > > > > > > > > Every document has one section (and one page) to start with. You can > > > > create more by inserting section (and page) breaks. You don't need > > > > 'styles' to do this. > > > > > > > > Anyway, I have reformatted my document according to your 'style' > > > > model, but I won't know if it has done much good until I move the h2 > > > > heading 'style' out of the body of the page and into the page header. > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how to do this? > > > > > > > > Then I need to insure that the 'style' resets the headers/footers. > > > > > > > > How do I do that? > > > > > > > > I also need to define section attributes, like 'Voice' and 'Meaning' > > > > to go in the header with 'Title'. And I need to put the h1 title in > > > > the footer of every page (except the covers, of course) > > > > > > > > If anybody knows how to do this, would you mind modifying the > > > > (attached) document and sending it back to me? > > > > > > Attachments are automatically removed from the list to prevent virus > > > payloads. > > > > > > You can insert the "chapter name" (i.e. the current "heading 1" style ) > > > by "insert" -> "Field" -> Other -> Document -> Chapter -> chapter name. > > > > > > I hope that this helps. > > > > > > -- > > > CPH : openoffice.org contributor > > > > > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > > > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
