http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118113





--- Comment #3 from tracey002 <[email protected]>  2011-06-17 13:28:08 
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(In reply to comment #2)
> Created an attachment (id=76599)
 --> (http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=76599) [details]
> manually update file
> 
> Accurately updating [\nofpages] is important. Existing documents are affected
> by changes in page size/orientation, font size, and margin size.
> 
> Missing from OpenOffice Writer is:{\field{\*\fldinst \\nofpages}{\fldrslt 2}}
> for the number of pages.
> OpenOffice Writer uses:{\field{\*\fldinst \\page}{\fldrslt 1}} for the
> {current} page number.
> 
> Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks, Tracey
> I would use msWordPad because I do NOT need a complicated format, but WordPad
> does not do headers or footers.
> AbiWord handles the RTF page count, but I'd rather use the OpenOffice Suite
> (writer in conjunction with calc).
> I can manually add [\nofpages] and writer recognizes the entry as a field OK
> and it saves OK, but does not update the field when adding or deleting pages.
> RTF page controls per Spec: \chpgn (for page number) AND \nofpages
> OpenOffice Writer seems to use the undocumented [\\page] instead of the
> documented [\chpgn] does NOT fully recognize [\nofpages].
> 
> Applicable Specification Entries:
> \field - introduces a field destination, which contains the text of fields.
> \nofpages - Number of pages
> \fldinst - Field instructions. This is a destination control word.
> \fldrslt - Most recent calculated result of the field. This is a destination
> control word.
> \chpgn - Current page number (as in headers).

I misstated that \page was undocumented.
\page is documented as: A required page break.

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