Searching the user guide, it seems another way is that you enter a manual page break and on that dialog you enter the next page style, then the page number that you want to set for the next page.
Maybe easier. Personally I've also found that the offset works, but understand that this may not be the 'proper' way of doing it. /paul On 5/24/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 22:21 +0200, Guido Pinkernell wrote: > Nathaniel hasn't subscribed so he will not read this ... > > Am Dienstag, 23. Mai 2006 22:00 schrieb Paul: > > > insert > fields > other. In the resulting dialog box (in the > > 'document' tab) select type:page & select:page numbers .. bottom right > > corner of the box there is an 'offset' field. In that box put -2 (if > > you want current page numbers to all be minus 2) then 'insert'. > > Oh no. Using offset is not the way how to change page numbers. That this > solution is still around shows that the following enhancement report needs > more votes: > > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12138 > > > Alternatively you could follow the method described in : > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf > > > > It is similar, but has you enter the page number, then double click on > > the field to edit the properties.. When you edit, you enter the > > offset... > > I can't believe that the user guide also says to use offset. I had a quick > look through it but can't find the place. If it's in there, this > definitely needs to be changed. > It doesn't. What the document does say is "Note: Do not use the Offset box under Insert > Fields > Other > Document tab to change the page number of a page. The offset is only used, for example, at the end of a page to display the number of the next page, i.e. to offset the display; it does not change the page number itself. The manually entered page number (in contrast to the automatically numbered page numbers) is an attribute of that particular page. This property is set as direct formatting in the first paragraph of that page. " THe troubleshooting section does offer a way to change the count of pages. e.g. a 101 page document with a cover page as page one is counted so numbering on subsequent pages would be page of 101 where one really wants page of 100. Obviously not what the OP wants. -- 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]
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