That is done exactly as I specified earlier. Page 1 is page 1, but if
you chose "First page" format, and set Header/Footer OFF, and don't
insert the page number anywhere else, you will never see "page 1" in
print. Set all the others to "Default" format, turn on header (or
footer) and insert page number in it, you will see "page 2", "page 3", etc.
Page 1 still has a page number assigned to it, it is just not shown.
The first page number SHOWN is 2,
Jim Hartley
web kracked wrote:
Here is one for you.
For those who have to hand in a report:
When I needed to hand in a paper or report,
both college and business, I was told that I
had to start the numbering with page two.
This ment that I had to skip the page 1 of 7
on the first page, but start showing 2 or 7, etc.
on the next page.
just to place it out here, How is that done?
The last time I tried on M$ Word, it was not easy.
I have not tried it on OOo 2.3.x (or any version)
on Windows as of yet.
Can you help us Jim? or any other out there in Internet Land?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Pagination rant
I have been getting pagination to work reasonably well (both 2.0.4 and
2.3). The secret is in understanding that "Default Page" and "First
Page" (in the list that pops up from F11) are DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
Position your document on page 2 (or later), F11, select "Page
Styles", double click on "Default". May have to select "modify" here.
Turn on Page Header/Footer, type your info, Insert->Fields->Page Number.
All pages should now have numbers, and if this is what you want stop
here.
I use headers and DO NOT want one on the first page, so I page up to
the first page, double click on "First Page" in the page styles, and
make sure Header/Footer is OFF.
Like I say, the trick is making sure you are positioned AFTER the
first page when playing with Headers/Footers and page numbers, then
change the first page if it is to be different.
I can't say I blame you for feeling annoyed, it took me a fair amount
of finnagling to get this working properly.
Jim Hartley
dougM wrote:
Greetings from a newbie, all.
I have made a discovery that might be helpful to folks who are having
trouble paginating. I had written a document and wanted to add page
numbers. Nothing fancy, no roman-to-Arabic transition, just, y'know,
consecutive numbers on consecutive pages.
It was too much to ask. I followed, meticulously, instructions from
the Oo help menu, a book on Linux, and several web sites. The
various instructions were incompatible, but that's all right because
none of them worked. I would get "1" on page 1, right where it ought
to be, and empty footer fields on all pages after that.
After uninstalling, reinstalling, and calling up some vocabulary I'd
forgotten I knew, I discovered a solution by accident: Set up
pagination BEFORE you add the text. If you've already written it, as
I had, do this: In a BLANK Oo page, set up page numbering. Then
copy and paste the document you've written into that page. The whole
thing comes out properly paginated. Well... It has so far.
This is of course completely different from Word or WPerfect, where
you can add pagination to the document after you've written it. And
NONE of the sources I consulted made any mention of this. How was I
supposed to know it?
Or am I still missing something?
-- Doug M.
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