On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 15:56 -0400, Paul_B wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:42:28 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 13:15 -0400, Paul_B wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:31:09 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > >> > >>> On Thursday 15 September 2005 07:29 am, Paul_B wrote: > >>>> It doesn't seem possible to turn page headers on and off on a > >>>> per-page basis, but only for the entire document. And editing > >>>> page headers seems possible on an odd/even page, entire document > >>>> basis. > >>>> > >>>> This doesn't seem appropriate. What about title pages, etc.? > >>>> > >>>> p. > >>> > >>> OOo uses page styles. It is possible to have any number of > >>> different page styles in a document. Each one can have a different > >>> layout including headers, footers, portrat or landscape orientation, > >>> etc. > >>> See the Page Style section of Help. (Use the Index Tab and search > >>> for Page Styles. The Writer's guide also has a chapter of Styles at > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html. > >>> > >>> Dan > >> > >> Thanks. I did get the header to change using your help, but I see > >> problems with the existing method. I have to insert a Page Break > >> to effect a header change. Fair enough. But the page break is > >> invisible and cannot be made visible. As I type on page 1, the > >> break on page 2 is pushed forward, presumably by the number of > >> times I hit the Enter key, but maybe by the sheer volume of text, > >> so that the header on page 2 is changed to that on page 1. And > >> now I've got a page break _somewhere_ in the middle of page 2? > >> > >> Am I missing something, or is this much more complicated than it > >> should be? > >> > > > > Maybe you are missing how to use the page styles. In the Sylist, or > > whatever it is called now, locate the page style icon by hovering the > > mouse pointer over the icons and click it. You will find a list of > > default page styles, one of which is First Page. Use this to create your > > Title page style. Notice that the next page style is defined here so you > > get what you want as the following page. For a working example template > > see http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList and > > pick one of them. To see the styles, open Stylist and select All styles > > from the listbox at the bottom. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > Thanks, but the problem is not solved. I created a document, > assigned the First Page style, advanced to Page Two, defined a > header for it under the Default page style. So far, so good. > > Then I created a third page and assigned to it an untitled1 page > style, with header on. That gave me the opportunity to create a > different header. > > Problem is, when I changed the header on page 3, all pages - even > page one, were changed to that untitled1 page style. > > What am I missing here? >
Don't know :-( Any chance you can put the doc on your website for examination or (shudder) in an issue. The more we see of what you see the better. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
