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.
Yes, bottom margin was probably meant :/ I automatically thought 'left/right' margin because I was trying to do that myself just yesterday and thought it was inconvenient not to be able to do it in the obvious place. Ah well, now I can. :) Ross --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
