Bruce Roorda wrote:
Lennart wrote:
There seem to be a limitation in OpenOffice that forces me to go back
to MS Word, if not someone has a solution. I'm writing books with
several chapters. Like in ordinary books I want a different header in
each chapter, and that is possible, just one page style for each
chapter. Then, like in most every book, I don't want the header on
the first page in each chapter. That makes it neccesary to insert
another page style for that first page in each chapter. Now, I have,
say, 16 chapters, that makes 32 pagestyles (together with the page
style for each first page in every chapter.)
So far so good, but my projects take long time and sometimes I
realize I should change the paper size or the margins. It seems that
I, in OpenOffice, have to go through all 32 pagestyles and do it
manually. A terrible job if you have the amount of patience that I
have. In MS Word you very easily change the margins or the paper size
globally, just once and it applies to all the rest of the page
styles. Very easy indeed! And this doesn't affect the headers in each
chapter, they remain as they were. I'm reallyl surprised I don't find
this in OO. I think it will never beat MS Word without this feature.
Please, is there any way of changing margins and paper size globally
in OpenOffice, as easy as in MS Word?
Lennart Stagling
It's not necessary to define a different page style to get a different
header in each chapter. Use the same page style for the beginning
page of every chapter and a single, different style for all the other
pages of all the chapters.
To get different header content in each chapter, put one or more Set
Variable fields on the first page of your chapter with the desired
text, then put appropriate Show Variable fields in the header. If you
don't want the text you've entered in the Show Variable fields to be
visible on the first page of the chapter, check the "invisible box" on
the field dialog.
That way you'll have only two page styles and changing the format will
be much simpler.
Bruce Roorda
Possum Hill Farm
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