At 18:41 28/11/2007 +0000, Michele Zarri wrote:
The "problem" (which actually is a feature) is that a page 1 has to
be a right page, so, if the last page before you restart the
numbering is a right page (odd number) OOo automatically adds a left
page (even number). For example if you try to restart numbering
after page 55 (right) OOo automatically inserts page 56 (left) and
then restarts the numbering on a right page. Take any book you may
have around you and you will notice that this is a strict
typographic rule (...well... at least so I was told :-) )
At 21:38 02/12/2007 -0800, Allen Noname wrote:
As a former typographer and a reader of many books I can attest that
this is more of a convention rather than a strict rule. In addition
it really only applies to books that are read from left to right,
top to bottom.
The convention started, as I understand it, because we tend to pay
less attention to the left hand page than the right hand page so one
would want to start a new chapter, division, idea where the eye
would give it more importance.
But this is not fixed by any means. I'm reading Terry McMillan's
"Mama" and chapter 9 starts on a left hand page. Publisher is
Washington Square Press and they have a good reputation for quality
on the whole.
Sorry, but that is a different issue. For what it's worth, Michele
Zarri's suggestion (as you can see above) is that odd-numbered pages
have to be rectos and even-numbered ones versos. No claim was made
about where chapters can start if the page numbering is not
interrupted, only what happens if you decide to restart numbering. I
imagine that the book you are describing does not do this.
Brian Barker
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