On or about 5/21/2007 11:58 PM, Brian Barker penned the following:
> At 14:23 21/05/2007 -0400, Ed Jones wrote:
>> For some reason or another I'm having problems understanding the help
>> file for page numbering.
>>
>> I have a document that is (at the present time) 47 pages long. I have a
>> title page, a frontispiece, and an table of contents. That's three
>> pages that I will not number automatically. The title page will have no
>> number and the other two will bear the "i and ii" numbers.
>>
>> So my OO numbering will start on the physical fourth page which I want
>> to be "1" and the rest following in order
>>
>> So far I've been unable to make heads or tails of the help file
>> regarding starting on a page other than the physical first page of a
>> document.
>>
>> Can anyone give me a simple procedure
>>
>> --
>> Ed
>
> You are not the first person to find this confusing. Here are some hints.
>
> You will need to use at least two - possibly three? - page styles for
> this purpose. You could create your own styles, but the two default
> styles "First Page" and "Default" may suffice. Construct your first
> three pages using the First Page style. When you insert the page break
> to lead you to the fourth page (page 1), notice the options available in
> the Insert Break dialogue box. Select the new style for page 1
> (Default) in the Style window, tick "Change page number", and ensure
> that the number in the window below is "1".
>
> When you go to Insert | Footer >, you will see the choice of page styles
> in use. Select the style for the main pages (Default): this gives you a
> footer only on the fourth page onwards. Now use Insert | Fields > |
> Page Number, and you should see that your fourth and subsequent pages
> are numbered from 1 onwards.
>
> You could arrange the numbering of the first three pages in different
> ways. One way is just to add the roman numerals on the second and third
> pages in the text, not using a footer. Another would be to define a
> third style ("Front Matter"?) for these two pages, and then to use a
> footer with the page number for these too - again starting at 1 on the
> second page. You can choose the page number style as roman numerals by
> using Insert | Fields > | Other... | Document. After selecting "Page"
> and "Page numbers", you will find "Roman (i ii iii)". This format will
> apply only to your "Front Matter" style and thus only to your second and
> third pages.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Thanks Brian, I can make sense out of that. I'll give it a try. If it
works, this will be my last post on the subject - if I get messed up,
I'll be back. (:>). Or, perhaps, go back to WordPerfect.
--
Ed
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