On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 11:55 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Ross Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 11:02 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > >>Kelsey Goddard wrote: > >> > >>>I was wondering, I have openoffice and I write stories on it. I want to > >>>put the page number in the margin at the bottom of each page, but it won't > >>>let me. How do I do it? > >> > >>Have you tried Insert > Footer > Default (or whatever page style > >>you are using), then putting the cursor in the footer area and > >>using Insert > Fields > Page Number? If you have tried this, are > >>you saying it did not work? > > > > > > I think the problem is that the Format->Page->Footer tab doesn't allow > > negative values for Left/Right margins (I'm using version 2.0.1), so > > page number fields can't extend beyond the general page style margins by > > this method. > > True, if someone wants the number to the right or left of the > general page margins. I was thinking only of putting it in the > bottom margin. >
Hmm, using right and left page style with appropriate footers should do the trick. page numbers can be inserted in the right page footer and formatted and aligned as needed and likewise for left pages. > > However, I just tried clicking inside the footer area and > > then dragging the margin/tab controls in the ruler and this appears to > > work. I can set the page number in the [general page] margin - and it is > > reflected in all pages with the same page style. > > > > Although I can move [in my case] the right tab beyond the right margin > > control, I need to move the margin control as well. It appears to have > > precedence. > > > > This seems particularly clunky and I would prefer to be able to set > > negative footer margins via the dialog. > > I agree that would be a better way to do it. > > Here are two workarounds, which may or may not suit a particular > document. > > 1) Change the Footer paragraph style (or define a new style) with > a negative "indent" before and/or after the text. > > 2) To put footer information any place you want to on the page, > create a frame anchored to the (possibly empty) paragraph in the > footer and then move the frame to anywhere you want it. > Yet another idea might be to insert a frame where wanted and use the document as a template. -- 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]
