Thanks for the help. I got it now--I wasn't trying not to use headers or footers. The problem was that I was trying to insert numbers into a document that I'd already written without page numbers. It's ten pages long or so. I still can't get numbers onto that, but I did figure out how to do them in a new document. That makes sense. Part of my problem is not understanding the whole "page styles" thing. Like Page style 1, Page style 2, and on... I'll read more and see if I can get it.
Thanks for all of your help. Jon On 4/9/07, Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-------- Original Message -------- From: keller jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon 09 Apr 2007 12:48:56 EST > Dan > > Thanks for the help, but I still can't manage to get it to work. I read > through a bunch of the manual, and couldn't find much help there: found how > to do headers and footers, but I just want numbers. 1, 2, 3... I assume I > don't need to enter each number on each page... I don't know. I'd > certainly appreciate more help. Thanks. > > Jon Hi Jon, FYI when posting to mailing lists it is customary to bottom post (i.e.. put your response/reply below the posted message), but no matter. In addition to Dan's excellent advice, try this: With the cursor inside the header (or footer) field, go to the "Insert" menu and select "Fields -> Page Number" this number will automatically increment with each new page. Hope this helps. Dave > > On 4/8/07, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Saturday April 07 2007 1:51 pm, keller jon wrote: >> > I'm using open office 2.2--I just downloaded it. I'm a writer and >> > am having trouble inserting page numbers onto documents. All I >> > want it to do is have my name and the page number at the top of >> > each page. The Help only showed me how to insert one page number >> > at a time, instead of to the entire document. Also, I don't want >> > the number to appear on the first page. >> > >> > thanks. >> >> You are going to need to use two page styles. I would recommend >> First Page and Default. (You will have to use the Styles and >> Formatting window for these. Use F11 to open this window.) >> If you want your name to appear in a header or footer on the >> first page, Insert > Footer > First Page. Then enter your name. >> For your name to appear on the second page and following, >> Insert > Footer > Default. Then enter your name and page number where >> you want them to be. >> As a writer, you will be well served to download the Writer Guide: >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/. The two >> chapters on styles in this guide should also help. If you are not >> acquainted with styles at all, the chapter on styles in the Gettting >> Started Guide should be a good beginning point. (It is on the same >> web page.) >> >> Dan >> >
