On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:49:57 -0700 John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> OOo 2.2, Linux > > I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Help file to start a > document with Roman numeral page numbers and then switch to Arabic page > numbers. The document is 172 pages long and I want Roman for the first > six pages. I created two new page styles, one called Roman and set it > to Roman numerals in the Page tab, and the other called Arabic and set > it to Arabic numerals in the Page tab. At the end of the Roman numeral > section I inserted a manual page break and specified to start the next > page with the Arabic page style. According to the Help file this should > set the next page with Arabic page numbers, but they steadfastly remain > Roman numerals. > > I can manually edit the page number field in the footer for page 7 and > tell it to use Arabic numerals (Insert > Field). However, when I do so > it changes the numbers in the first six pages to Arabic as well. > > I think I'm misunderstanding something fundamental here. What am I > doing wrong? Never mind. I finally found the problem. The footer was applied to all kinds of page styles, including the two new ones I created. I removed the footers from all the styles, then recreated them for just my two new styles, using the correct Insert > Field setting for the number style, and all is now well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
