Michele wrote:
2008/5/3 Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Russell Butler wrote:
But it still doesn't answer my own problem: Given an /existing/
document, and wishing to reformat^Wrestyle a page within it, how does one do
this? Everything I've tried either does nothing, or alters the first page
only, or alters everything.
Could someone try this perhaps please, and put me out of my misery?
Either I've very badly misunderstood something, or there's a rather nasty
bug - I rather hope it's the former :-)
(2.4/XP fwiw)
Thanks.
Hi Mike
Just d/l the current users guide. Have a look at p 418 - 452 of the pdf.
Looks like a rather more extensive version of Brian Baker's suggestion.
Did you try that?
Regards,
Russell
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I tried the styles as listed (OOo2.4
-Linux). I could change from portrait to landscape, but when I put in
another portrait style the landscape went back to portrait.
Looks as though you have found a bug, Mike.
I don't see any bugs listed, though that doesn't mean there aren't any. Are
you willing to post one?
I can do it, but will not have time until tomorrow evening (GMT +10).
Regards
Russell
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It is not a bug.
The page style is a global property of the document. WHen you apply a
different page style to page X OOo replaces the current page style
with the one you selected. So if page 1, 2 3 are using the default
style, when you click on Landscape *irrespective of the page you are
on* OOo starts from page 1 and replaces the default style with the
landscape style honouring then the "next style" field.
This is why you need to have page breaks.
This is why in MSO when you change page orientation you actually
create a new section (knowingly or not).
The right way to change orientation is (as I wrote before) to use page
styles and manual breaks. You can avoid a manual break when it is
appropriate to use the Next style field (e.g. first page - left page;
right page - left page combinations).
Cheers,
Michele
Thanks Michele
I've just had another play with this, and you are right, it works well.
I think the problem was that, although I inserted a manual break, I did
not choose the landscape style from the "insert break" dialogue, and
"Default" again on inserting the manual break after the landscape page.
OK, no bug report needed, thank goodness.
Regards
Russell
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