G. Roderick Singleton 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.
Perhaps the http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html Writing a Thesis with OpenOffice.org (.sxw) would help the OP. As for setting up page numbering etc., I've found that opening a previously pre-formatted Word or other style doc that already has the TOC, page numbering, chapters etc., already done is helpful. I then save as an OOo document, clean up/shorten to generic content, and then save as a OOo Template. Now if I could only figure out how to change the page count of pages so that they start from x in the section/chapter rather than staying at the entire doc count I'd be happy :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
