On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:35:16 +1000 "Barbara Malpass Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can you change sections simply to vary page number style? - in 98 > you just inserted a section and set up the new header I guess you are trying to make it MS Word way. In OOo, sections are not used for page numbering. Seems to me you need to learn styles - it's one of the basic concepts of OOo Writer. > but I can't understand a word of the 'help' menu. I'd suggest to use Help as a reference, and not as a guide for basic things. You may download: OpenOffice.org2.x User Guide http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf and read "Page Styles and Page Numbering", p. 80 (112), or OOo2.0 Writer Guide http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0200WG-WriterGuide.pdf, and read Chapter 6 "Introduction to Styles", section "Page numbering", p.152 (158). > I have to send this manuscript > off on Tuesday and now must insert the prelim pages with their > different numbering system. You don't need much reading to do what you want. If for some reason you cannot get or read the guides till Tuesday, you may try this: 1. Place the cursor at the very beginning of the first page; 2. Click Insert -> Manual Break. In the dialog box: a) check "Page break"; b)select the style of your normal (not prelim) pages; c) check "change page numbering"; d) in the number box, select the page number you need for your first normal page. You may see which style normal pages have in "Styles and Formatting" window (press F11 key to open it), "Page Styles" tab (4th icon from the left). 4. The first normal page from now on will allways have number "1" (or whatever you chose in 2d step, regardless of how much prelim pages you will add. Prelim pages will be numbered separately. If you don't want your prelim pages to be numbered at all, change their page style to a one without numbering. HTH, Andrius --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
