I sent this before but it didn't seem to go through
On 17 Mar 2005 at 5:54, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> > Open Office CAN NOT do page numbers. With a book project I needed Pages > i,ii,
... at the
> beginning and page 1, 2, ... later!!!
>
> Yes it can.
>
> If you take a look at the OOoAuthors user guides you will see that this is exactly what we have.
The
> first page has no page number. The following 2 pages have Roman numerals (i, ii) and the following
> pages have Arabic numbers (1, 2, ...).
>
> Take a look:
>
> http://oooauthors.org/groups/authors/userguide/writerguide/IntroStyles.sxw
>
> This is the "Intro to Styles" chapter. Not only does it use the feature you ask about,
it also
> explains how to do it (see the section on page styles).
>
"Intro to Styles" states
Page numbering
Many people first encounter page styles
when they want to number pages.
OpenOffice.org (OOo) has a very powerful system for numbering pages, but to make
full use of it you need to learn something about page styles.
It is true that it is a powerful system for page numbering. However, it is complicated and
completely non-intuitive. Every other word processor I have used has a simple button on
the menu to turn page numbering on or off, which is all I need most of the time. Open
Office doesn't. It is difficult to figure out how to use what should be a simple on or off
feature. Not everyone needs to set up complex styles just to use a simple function that
other word processors do in on step.
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Larry Gusaas,
Moose Jaw, Sask.
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