Re: [users] page styles
How do I make a different footer for each page using paragraph styles? Footers are a different matter, and as far as I know that is linked to the page style. Have you tried the Writers Guide? There is a chapter in it on using styles. If you do not have a copy you can get one at http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3 . You can get the individual chapters or the whole book. You can also get the same OOo User Guides from the OOoWiki: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation The Writer User Guide is here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide and I believe the section you're looking for is here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Working_with_page_styles C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead Sun Microsystems Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] page styles
On 11/30/09 08:49, Barbara Duprey wrote: RA Brown wrote: James wrote: On 11/28/09 23:59, RA Brown wrote: James wrote: I've got a first page and then a TOC. The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of contents page has a page style of "Default". I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC page changes to "Default" page style. This is not what I expected or wanted. James, I think what your looking for in under the Paragraph styles, not page. -- Andy Brown How do I make a different footer for each page using paragraph styles? Footers are a different matter, and as far as I know that is linked to the page style. Have you tried the Writers Guide? There is a chapter in it on using styles. If you do not have a copy you can get one at http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3 . You can get the individual chapters or the whole book. -- Andy James, this is a good reference about styles in general, and they're so important and useful throughout OOo that they're really worth your time to learn. In this specific case, though, I think what you need to do is modify the First Page style to use Index as its next style (Index uses Index). Then on the last page of your index, insert a page break selecting Default as the page style. It works if I insert a page break from the menu and specify the next page style set to what I want. I cannot use ctrl-enter to insert a page break and then change the page style on an existing page. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] page styles
RA Brown wrote: James wrote: On 11/28/09 23:59, RA Brown wrote: James wrote: I've got a first page and then a TOC. The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of contents page has a page style of "Default". I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC page changes to "Default" page style. This is not what I expected or wanted. James, I think what your looking for in under the Paragraph styles, not page. -- Andy Brown How do I make a different footer for each page using paragraph styles? Footers are a different matter, and as far as I know that is linked to the page style. Have you tried the Writers Guide? There is a chapter in it on using styles. If you do not have a copy you can get one at http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3 . You can get the individual chapters or the whole book. -- Andy James, this is a good reference about styles in general, and they're so important and useful throughout OOo that they're really worth your time to learn. In this specific case, though, I think what you need to do is modify the First Page style to use Index as its next style (Index uses Index). Then on the last page of your index, insert a page break selecting Default as the page style. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] page styles
James wrote: > On 11/28/09 23:59, RA Brown wrote: >> James wrote: >> >>> I've got a first page and then a TOC. >>> The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of >>> contents page has a page style of "Default". >>> I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the >>> "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. >>> My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. >>> When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC >>> page changes to "Default" page style. >>> This is not what I expected or wanted. >>> >>> >> James, >> >> I think what your looking for in under the Paragraph styles, not page. >> >> >> -- >> Andy Brown >> >> > How do I make a different footer for each page using paragraph styles? > Footers are a different matter, and as far as I know that is linked to the page style. Have you tried the Writers Guide? There is a chapter in it on using styles. If you do not have a copy you can get one at http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3 . You can get the individual chapters or the whole book. -- Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] page styles
On 11/28/09 23:59, RA Brown wrote: James wrote: I've got a first page and then a TOC. The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of contents page has a page style of "Default". I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC page changes to "Default" page style. This is not what I expected or wanted. James, I think what your looking for in under the Paragraph styles, not page. -- Andy Brown How do I make a different footer for each page using paragraph styles? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] page styles
James wrote: > I've got a first page and then a TOC. > The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of > contents page has a page style of "Default". > I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the > "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. > My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. > When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC > page changes to "Default" page style. > This is not what I expected or wanted. > James, I think what your looking for in under the Paragraph styles, not page. -- Andy Brown - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] page styles
I've got a first page and then a TOC. The first page has the page style of "First Page" but the table of contents page has a page style of "Default". I put the insertion point on the TOC page and double click in the "Styles and Formatting" window on the "Index" page style. My TOC page changes to the "Index" page style but so does my first page. When I change the first page back to "First Page" page style, my TOC page changes to "Default" page style. This is not what I expected or wanted. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
RE: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
-Original Message- From: Harold Fuchs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:12 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area On 08/06/2008 21:12, TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: > Thank you Michele. I searched on the string "borders on page-text-area", > from the subject line of this thread, and I got back a 24 hits, all messages > dated between 2002 and 2006. Even your message, to which I am responding > here, did not show up. Feeling confused, no idea what gmane means. Would you > be willing to suggest further? > Did you put the text "borders on page-text-area" in quotes in the search box? I think you'll get better results if you do ... -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org - Yes, thank you. Elchanan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
On 08/06/2008 21:12, TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: Thank you Michele. I searched on the string "borders on page-text-area", from the subject line of this thread, and I got back a 24 hits, all messages dated between 2002 and 2006. Even your message, to which I am responding here, did not show up. Feeling confused, no idea what gmane means. Would you be willing to suggest further? Did you put the text "borders on page-text-area" in quotes in the search box? I think you'll get better results if you do ... -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
Thank you Michele. I searched on the string "borders on page-text-area", from the subject line of this thread, and I got back a 24 hits, all messages dated between 2002 and 2006. Even your message, to which I am responding here, did not show up. Feeling confused, no idea what gmane means. Would you be willing to suggest further? Thanks, Elchanan -Original Message- From: Michele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:38 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area > - > Would someone be willing either to > > a. attach the example again > b. explain briefly how to search in the archive so that I can find it (and > other things) for myself. > > Thank you! > Elchanan > The archives can be searched here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users or on gmane (probably more powerful search engine). If you know the month/person who sent the message you can instead start from here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Cheers, Michele - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
> - > Would someone be willing either to > > a. attach the example again > b. explain briefly how to search in the archive so that I can find it (and > other things) for myself. > > Thank you! > Elchanan > The archives can be searched here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?listName=users or on gmane (probably more powerful search engine). If you know the month/person who sent the message you can instead start from here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users Cheers, Michele - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
From: Sander Marechal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 1:37 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area Brian Barker wrote: > One workaround may be to insert a one-column, one-row table into your > document. You can give this table a border. Next insert your text > material. Then drag the bottom of the table border on one page to > the bottom of the text area. The other pages should follow suit. > > Example attached. Your example seems to work quite well. Thanks! I've also been reading the ODF 1.1 and draft 1.2 specs. It seems indeed that you cannot give a section or it's columns a border. It's not in the spec. -- Sander - Would someone be willing either to a. attach the example again b. explain briefly how to search in the archive so that I can find it (and other things) for myself. Thank you! Elchanan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
At 14:02 05/06/2008 +0200, Sander Marechal wrote: But what if the text doesn't span the entire page? Then the bottom border will only be half-way down. What I'm looking for is making a border around the entire central text area (i.e. the block between the header and the footer), regardless of how much text is on a page. One workaround may be to insert a one-column, one-row table into your document. You can give this table a border. Next insert your text material. Then drag the bottom of the table border on one page to the bottom of the text area. The other pages should follow suit. Example attached. I trust this helps. Brian Barker page-style (enhanced).odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
Michele wrote: Hello, Does anyone know how I can set the border on the page-text-area in a Writer document? I can't find the option to do that. Format > Paragraph > Border you can create a border around each paragraph. Keeping the "Merge with next paragraph" checked will create a border around all the text. Tip: if you want the border to be drawn always, add it to the Default paragraph style Or did I misunderstand? But what if the text doesn't span the entire page? Then the bottom border will only be half-way down. What I'm looking for is making a border around the entire central text area (i.e. the block between the header and the footer), regardless of how much text is on a page. I've also looked at adding a border to the columns (because the central area is really just a single text column) but that didn't work either. -- Sander - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
> Hello, > > Does anyone know how I can set the border on the page-text-area in a Writer > document? I can't find the option to do that. Format > Paragraph > Border you can create a border around each paragraph. Keeping the "Merge with next paragraph" checked will create a border around all the text. Tip: if you want the border to be drawn always, add it to the Default paragraph style Or did I misunderstand? Cheers, Michele
[users] Page-styles: How to set borders on page-text-area
Hello, Does anyone know how I can set the border on the page-text-area in a Writer document? I can't find the option to do that. Please see the attached example document. The purple border is the one I set on the "border" tab on the page-style configuration screen. The blue and red borders are set on the header and footer by clicking "more" on the header/footer tabs on the page-style screen. But how can I set the border of the center "page-text-area"? Kind regards, -- Sander Marechal page-style.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
Michele wrote: > [snip] > >> How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND >> without introducing unwanted blank pages ? >> >> this is just a guess: could it be that the original word document >> already includes a page break? Normally page breaks are *very* hard to >> detect in OOo (just a thin blue line in the top tex area. >> This could explain the additional page (?) >> If this is the case, check for an additional page break also at the >> end of page 2/beginning of page 3. >> I couldn't see any.. > Also, in order to revert to portrait in page 3, you can set up the > landscape page style to be followed by a default page style (next > style field in the organizer page of the page style dialog). Normally > this would be a stupid idea, but for the particular document you have > it does the trick. > > That appeared to do the trick for now. Thanks, GTG - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
[snip] > How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND > without introducing unwanted blank pages ? > Hello, this is just a guess: could it be that the original word document already includes a page break? Normally page breaks are *very* hard to detect in OOo (just a thin blue line in the top tex area. This could explain the additional page (?) If this is the case, check for an additional page break also at the end of page 2/beginning of page 3. Also, in order to revert to portrait in page 3, you can set up the landscape page style to be followed by a default page style (next style field in the organizer page of the page style dialog). Normally this would be a stupid idea, but for the particular document you have it does the trick. Cheers, Michele - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
Want to send me your document? I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. - Naomi GR wrote: Dan wrote: On Tuesday 19 February 2008 16:52:45 GR wrote: I'm using OO 2.3.0 on OpenSuse Linux 10.3 I've imported a four page Word document. Page one is supposed to be portrait, page two is supposed to be landscape, and pages three and four are supposed to be portrait. Page one imports fine as portrait. Page two (by default) comes in as portrait. When I change page two's style to landscape, pages three and four also switch to landscape. If I try and change pages three and four to portrait, page two changes back to portrait. I've read the help about changing page styles, and it talks about putting in manual page breaks. Fair enough. But if I do this, I end up with blank pages in my document. (i.e. my four page document becomes six pages) How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND without introducing unwanted blank pages ? What you need to do is to create a page style for landscape. Click on page 1, and make sure it has the Default page style. (It is portrait.) Click at the bottom of page one, and insert a Manual break. Insert > Manual break. Select Page break, and in the Styles dropdown list select the landscape page style you created. At the bottom of page 2, insert another Manual break.This time select Default as the next page style. Yes, I know that - but it won't work for imported documents as I get unwanted blank pages ! Please re-read my original e-mail. GR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
I'm using OO 2.3.0 on OpenSuse Linux 10.3 I've imported a four page Word document. Page one is supposed to be portrait, page two is supposed to be landscape, and pages three and four are supposed to be portrait. Page one imports fine as portrait. Page two (by default) comes in as portrait. When I change page two's style to landscape, pages three and four also switch to landscape. If I try and change pages three and four to portrait, page two changes back to portrait. I've read the help about changing page styles, and it talks about putting in manual page breaks. Fair enough. But if I do this, I end up with blank pages in my document. (i.e. my four page document becomes six pages) How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND without introducing unwanted blank pages ? Thanks, GR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
Dan wrote: > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 16:52:45 GR wrote: > >> I'm using OO 2.3.0 on OpenSuse Linux 10.3 >> >> I've imported a four page Word document. Page one is supposed to be >> portrait, page two is supposed to be landscape, and pages three and four >> are supposed to be portrait. >> >> Page one imports fine as portrait. >> >> Page two (by default) comes in as portrait. >> >> When I change page two's style to landscape, pages three and four also >> switch to landscape. >> >> If I try and change pages three and four to portrait, page two changes >> back to portrait. >> >> I've read the help about changing page styles, and it talks about >> putting in manual page breaks. Fair enough. But if I do this, I end up >> with blank pages in my document. (i.e. my four page document becomes six >> pages) >> >> How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND >> without introducing unwanted blank pages ? >> > > What you need to do is to create a page style for landscape. Click on > page > 1, and make sure it has the Default page style. (It is portrait.) Click at > the bottom of page one, and insert a Manual break. > Insert > Manual break. Select Page break, and in the Styles dropdown list > select the landscape page style you created. At the bottom of page 2, insert > another Manual break.This time select Default as the next page style. > > Yes, I know that - but it won't work for imported documents as I get unwanted blank pages ! Please re-read my original e-mail. GR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
On Tuesday 19 February 2008 16:52:45 GR wrote: > I'm using OO 2.3.0 on OpenSuse Linux 10.3 > > I've imported a four page Word document. Page one is supposed to be > portrait, page two is supposed to be landscape, and pages three and four > are supposed to be portrait. > > Page one imports fine as portrait. > > Page two (by default) comes in as portrait. > > When I change page two's style to landscape, pages three and four also > switch to landscape. > > If I try and change pages three and four to portrait, page two changes > back to portrait. > > I've read the help about changing page styles, and it talks about > putting in manual page breaks. Fair enough. But if I do this, I end up > with blank pages in my document. (i.e. my four page document becomes six > pages) > > How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND > without introducing unwanted blank pages ? > > Thanks, > > GR What you need to do is to create a page style for landscape. Click on page 1, and make sure it has the Default page style. (It is portrait.) Click at the bottom of page one, and insert a Manual break. Insert > Manual break. Select Page break, and in the Styles dropdown list select the landscape page style you created. At the bottom of page 2, insert another Manual break.This time select Default as the next page style. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page Styles and Imported Word Document
I'm using OO 2.3.0 on OpenSuse Linux 10.3 I've imported a four page Word document. Page one is supposed to be portrait, page two is supposed to be landscape, and pages three and four are supposed to be portrait. Page one imports fine as portrait. Page two (by default) comes in as portrait. When I change page two's style to landscape, pages three and four also switch to landscape. If I try and change pages three and four to portrait, page two changes back to portrait. I've read the help about changing page styles, and it talks about putting in manual page breaks. Fair enough. But if I do this, I end up with blank pages in my document. (i.e. my four page document becomes six pages) How can I change one pages style without affecting any other page AND without introducing unwanted blank pages ? Thanks, GR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page Styles, Page Numbering, and Duplication of Effort
At 20:34 17/02/2008 -0800, Scott Meyers wrote: The only thing I can think to do is duplicate the four existing page styles (manually, field by field -- unless somebody knows of a way to copy page styles) ... Unless I misunderstand your need, there is a simple way to copy page styles: o In the Styles and Formatting window, click the Page Styles button. o Click somewhere in your document with the relevant page style. o Click the "New Style from Selection" button (at the far right) and choose "New Style from Selection" from the drop-down menu. o Give the new style a name and click OK. o Right-click the new style name in the Styles and Formatting window, and then Modify... from the context menu. o Make any required changes. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page Styles, Page Numbering, and Duplication of Effort
I'm setting up page styles for a book. I've set up left pages, right pages, left chapter openers, and right chapter openers. All use arabic page numbering. I want to use the same styles for the front matter, except I want those pages to use roman numbering. I'd like to link the roman-numbered pages to their arabic counterparts, but linking does not seem to be available for page styles. The only thing I can think to do is duplicate the four existing page styles (manually, field by field -- unless somebody knows of a way to copy page styles) and then change the numbering attribute in the new page styles. This seems, um, gross. Isn't there a way to switch from roman to arabic numbering after the front matter without duplicating all the page styles? Thanks, Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page styles in OpenOffice.org, and Word
You've to use the manual page breaks which are converted into section breaks when exported in .doc. See here : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=52118 Hagar Le 29.10.2007 21:21, Solveig L Haugland a écrit : Hi, I've been experimenting with file conversions and have found that, since Word doesn't have page styles per se, that one can't save page styles in a .doc format document. This means if you create a Writer document, use page styles, and save it in .doc format, the page style and the corresponding formatting go away when you close and re-open the file. Given the dependency of OOo Writer on page styles to do anything at all interesting with layout, this seems like a bit of a problem for those wanting to stick with .doc format in order to work with those using MS Office. No documents with different orientations on different pages, no documents with different headers/footers, etc. are possible with this issue. I've also noticed that, whether one is using page styles or not, background graphics disappear under the same circumstances. Is there a workaround, a plan in place to create page styles based on the formatting in a .doc file, or is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Solveig ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org 2.0 and StarOffice 8.0 Training, Consulting, and Learning Materials http://www.getopenoffice.org OpenOffice.org Blog: Tips and Tricks, News and Ideas http://www.openoffice.blogs.com "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook" http://openoffice.blogs.com/bookresources http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice/2144270 http://www.amazon.com/OpenOffice-org-Guidebook-Solveig-Haugland/dp/0974312029 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page styles in OpenOffice.org, and Word
Hi, I've been experimenting with file conversions and have found that, since Word doesn't have page styles per se, that one can't save page styles in a .doc format document. This means if you create a Writer document, use page styles, and save it in .doc format, the page style and the corresponding formatting go away when you close and re-open the file. Given the dependency of OOo Writer on page styles to do anything at all interesting with layout, this seems like a bit of a problem for those wanting to stick with .doc format in order to work with those using MS Office. No documents with different orientations on different pages, no documents with different headers/footers, etc. are possible with this issue. I've also noticed that, whether one is using page styles or not, background graphics disappear under the same circumstances. Is there a workaround, a plan in place to create page styles based on the formatting in a .doc file, or is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Solveig ~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org 2.0 and StarOffice 8.0 Training, Consulting, and Learning Materials http://www.getopenoffice.org OpenOffice.org Blog: Tips and Tricks, News and Ideas http://www.openoffice.blogs.com "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook" http://openoffice.blogs.com/bookresources http://www.cafepress.com/getopenoffice/2144270 http://www.amazon.com/OpenOffice-org-Guidebook-Solveig-Haugland/dp/0974312029 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page styles! Help!
Dang! Now I can't even delete the break that I entered! On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:55:27 -0700 John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > I have a problem with a paper that is due tomorrow. There is a table > that starts after the first paragraph on the first page and spans to > the end of page 3. I need to set the page style for the first page to > First Page so it won't have a page number. All the remaining pages need > a page number in a header. I believe the way you are supposed to do > this is to enter a break at the end of the first page, and in the > Insert Break dialog box stipulate the style for the next page. That > would be fne, but how can I insert a break when the table spans the > first three pages? I put the cursor in the last cell on page 1, did > Insert > Manual Break (stipulating the style for the following pages) > and it happily inserted a break, but it inserted it at the beginning of > the table. So now I have one lone paragraph at the top of page 1, and > the table starts at the top of page 2 and ends in the middle of page 4. > > The only way to get the table properly formatted is to delete the > break. Can someone tell me how to set no page number on the first page > without entering a break at the end of the first page? > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page styles! Help!
I have a problem with a paper that is due tomorrow. There is a table that starts after the first paragraph on the first page and spans to the end of page 3. I need to set the page style for the first page to First Page so it won't have a page number. All the remaining pages need a page number in a header. I believe the way you are supposed to do this is to enter a break at the end of the first page, and in the Insert Break dialog box stipulate the style for the next page. That would be fne, but how can I insert a break when the table spans the first three pages? I put the cursor in the last cell on page 1, did Insert > Manual Break (stipulating the style for the following pages) and it happily inserted a break, but it inserted it at the beginning of the table. So now I have one lone paragraph at the top of page 1, and the table starts at the top of page 2 and ends in the middle of page 4. The only way to get the table properly formatted is to delete the break. Can someone tell me how to set no page number on the first page without entering a break at the end of the first page? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ross Johnson wrote: [...] Ideally, I would not expect this implied page break to be attached to the first paragraph of the current page, since then it should stay with that paragraph, which is not what I would like. Presumably there is a notion of a page in OOo that is related to the physical printed page, which is independent of the text (represented as paragraphs). That is what I would like to change when I change the page style, and is what I intuitively think of when I see Page Style. That's why the automatic sequence (a page style has a property that determines the style of the next page) is so handy. Cor -- Cor Nouws >> http://nl.openoffice.org/waarom << >> www.bsooo.nl<< >> Open - For business<< - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ross Johnson wrote: In the interests of correctness, that should be (changes in *here*):- It seems that manual page breaks are controlled entirely through paragraph attributes. The Insert->Break->Page (with style) sets the Break, Next Page Style and Break Before text flow attributes of the first paragraph on the *new* page. Ctrl+Enter on the other hand only sets the Break and Break Before attributes, and the Next Page attribute is not assigned, which tells OOo to derive the page style from the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has Next Page style set. It appears that, when you are changing the page style via the stylist or Status bar, you are changing the Next Style text flow attribute of the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has the *Next Style* attribute set, which may be several pages back in the document, or the very first paragraph in the document if no *Next Style text flow attribute* has been *set*. That's correct, Ross. Thanks. In my test I made a page break with Ctrl-Enter and after that applied the Format|Paragraph|Text flow attribute. Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws >> http://nl.openoffice.org/waarom << >> www.bsooo.nl<< >> Open - For business<< - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ross Johnson wrote: So, confirming what Cor said: It seems that manual page breaks are controlled entirely through paragraph attributes. The Insert->Break->Page (with style) sets the Break, Next Page Style and Break Before text flow attributes of the first paragraph on the current page. Ctrl+Enter on the other hand only sets the Break and Break Before attributes, and the Next Page attribute is not assigned, which tells OOo to derive the page style from the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has Next Page style set. It appears that, when you are changing the page style via the stylist or Status bar, you are changing the Next Style text flow attribute of the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has the Break attribute set, which may be several pages back in the document, or the very first paragraph in the document if no manual break has been inserted. In the interests of correctness, that should be (changes in *here*):- It seems that manual page breaks are controlled entirely through paragraph attributes. The Insert->Break->Page (with style) sets the Break, Next Page Style and Break Before text flow attributes of the first paragraph on the *new* page. Ctrl+Enter on the other hand only sets the Break and Break Before attributes, and the Next Page attribute is not assigned, which tells OOo to derive the page style from the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has Next Page style set. It appears that, when you are changing the page style via the stylist or Status bar, you are changing the Next Style text flow attribute of the most recent (in document order) paragraph that has the *Next Style* attribute set, which may be several pages back in the document, or the very first paragraph in the document if no *Next Style text flow attribute* has been *set*. Ross - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] Page styles...
Cor Nouws wrote:
Johnny Andersson wrote:
Den 2006-05-20 17:18:59 skrev Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Johnny Andersson wrote:
Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor
somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents".
Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that
"Standard" is selected.
Hi Johnny,
Clicking on a page style in the stylist allways applies it to the
first page of the document. I've never seen it different in OOo.
The styles of the following pages, depend on either:
- what is defined as nex page style (Stylist, rightclick on page
style, Change, tab Manage), or
- on what is set with manual breaks (Insert|Break ...) or
- on what is set in the format of the paragraph on top of a page
(Format|Paragraph|Text flow )
HTH & Greetings,
Cor
Am I the only one who wants it to work the way I describet? That is,
that clicking on a page style should change the style on the current
page, just like clicking a paragraph style changes the of the
current paragraph. I can't see the advantages by changing the style
of the FIRST page instead of the CURRENT page, when double clicking
a style.
Well, I would like it to change only the current ("physical") page, or
have the GUI changed to make it clear that I am changing the whole
document, or section, or something.
I've re-studied the subject, in order to react properly to your
questions. Thus I found out, that I was wrong in the idea that
clicking applies the page style to the fist page of the document.
It turns out to be a little more complicated (I'm working in 2.0.3 RC1
currently).
Double clicking on a page style in the Stylist applies that page style
to the first page after the break where the section starts in which
the cursor is.
So if there is no break set (Ctrl-Enter / Insert|Break /
Format|Paragraph|Text flow ...) the page style will apply to the first
page of the document.
I don't think this is what happens in OOo2.0.2, checking ... yes, it is
slightly different:-
1) start new document - type ctrl+Enter to add a page break (no text
typed yet) - place cursor in first page then double-click in stylist to
change the first page to First Page style - place cursor in second page
then double-click in stylist to change page to (something really
different) an Envelope. Result is that both pages 1 & 2 change to Envelope.
2) as for 1 except using the Status bar Page Style box is the same as 1).
3) starting again with a new document and adding a second new page using
the Insert Break dialog and setting the style there doesn't change the
first page. Now, changing this second page to a different page style by
double clicking in stylist or via the Status bar Page Style box changes
only the second page. However, adding a third page using ctrl+Enter and
then changing the third page style changes pages 2 & 3, but still leaves
page 1 alone.
So, confirming what Cor said:
It seems that manual page breaks are controlled entirely through
paragraph attributes. The Insert->Break->Page (with style) sets the
Break, Next Page Style and Break Before text flow attributes of the
first paragraph on the current page. Ctrl+Enter on the other hand only
sets the Break and Break Before attributes, and the Next Page attribute
is not assigned, which tells OOo to derive the page style from the most
recent (in document order) paragraph that has Next Page style set. It
appears that, when you are changing the page style via the stylist or
Status bar, you are changing the Next Style text flow attribute of the
most recent (in document order) paragraph that has the Break attribute
set, which may be several pages back in the document, or the very first
paragraph in the document if no manual break has been inserted.
Another feature found: right clicking on the name of the page style in
the status bar, give a context menu from which other page styles can
be selected.
So two possibilities:
a) the Help file is incorrect / not clear enough (which is the same
for a Help file ;-) )
b) the function doesn't work as it should, in this sense, that
applying a different page style (by double clicking in the Stylist or
by the context menu of the page style on the status bar) should ad a
break to the first paragraph of the current page, so that indeed only
the current page is affected.
Ideally, I would not expect this implied page break to be attached to
the first paragraph of the current page, since then it should stay with
that paragraph, which is not what I would like. Presumably there is a
notion of a page in OOo that is related to the physical printed page,
which is independent of the text (represented as paragraphs). That is
what I would like to change when I change the page style, and is what I
intuitively think of when I see Page Style.
Ross
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Johnny Andersson wrote: Den 2006-05-20 17:18:59 skrev Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Johnny Andersson wrote: Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. Hi Johnny, Clicking on a page style in the stylist allways applies it to the first page of the document. I've never seen it different in OOo. The styles of the following pages, depend on either: - what is defined as nex page style (Stylist, rightclick on page style, Change, tab Manage), or - on what is set with manual breaks (Insert|Break ...) or - on what is set in the format of the paragraph on top of a page (Format|Paragraph|Text flow ) HTH & Greetings, Cor Am I the only one who wants it to work the way I describet? That is, that clicking on a page style should change the style on the current page, just like clicking a paragraph style changes the of the current paragraph. I can't see the advantages by changing the style of the FIRST page instead of the CURRENT page, when double clicking a style. I've re-studied the subject, in order to react properly to your questions. Thus I found out, that I was wrong in the idea that clicking applies the page style to the fist page of the document. It turns out to be a little more complicated (I'm working in 2.0.3 RC1 currently). Double clicking on a page style in the Stylist applies that page style to the first page after the break where the section starts in which the cursor is. So if there is no break set (Ctrl-Enter / Insert|Break / Format|Paragraph|Text flow ...) the page style will apply to the first page of the document. Another feature found: right clicking on the name of the page style in the status bar, give a context menu from which other page styles can be selected. So two possibilities: a) the Help file is incorrect / not clear enough (which is the same for a Help file ;-) ) b) the function doesn't work as it should, in this sense, that applying a different page style (by double clicking in the Stylist or by the context menu of the page style on the status bar) should ad a break to the first paragraph of the current page, so that indeed only the current page is affected. Do you think it would be a good idea to file a request with Issuezilla, or would the response be be that only I want this feature? Pls do, it's definitely one of the mentioned defects Probably there's an issue for it already, but if you cannot find it, others, more at home in issuetracker, will mark that. Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws >> http://nl.openoffice.org/waarom << >> www.bsooo.nl<< >> Open - For business<< - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Den 2006-05-20 17:18:59 skrev Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Johnny Andersson wrote: Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. Hi Johnny, Clicking on a page style in the stylist allways applies it to the first page of the document. I've never seen it different in OOo. The styles of the following pages, depend on either: - what is defined as nex page style (Stylist, rightclick on page style, Change, tab Manage), or - on what is set with manual breaks (Insert|Break ...) or - on what is set in the format of the paragraph on top of a page (Format|Paragraph|Text flow ) HTH & Greetings, Cor Am I the only one who wants it to work the way I describet? That is, that clicking on a page style should change the style on the current page, just like clicking a paragraph style changes the of the current paragraph. I can't see the advantages by changing the style of the FIRST page instead of the CURRENT page, when double clicking a style. Do you think it would be a good idea to file a request with Issuezilla, or would the response be be that only I want this feature? -- Johnny - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Johnny Andersson wrote: Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. Hi Johnny, Clicking on a page style in the stylist allways applies it to the first page of the document. I've never seen it different in OOo. The styles of the following pages, depend on either: - what is defined as nex page style (Stylist, rightclick on page style, Change, tab Manage), or - on what is set with manual breaks (Insert|Break ...) or - on what is set in the format of the paragraph on top of a page (Format|Paragraph|Text flow ) HTH & Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws >> http://nl.openoffice.org/waarom << >> www.bsooo.nl<< >> Open - For business<< - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Johnny Andersson wrote: Thanks for your reply. It didn't help me in THIS case, but I learned something new, at least. I tried it, but all it did was that everytime I press Enter, there is a page break, and I don't want that to happen. Many of my paragraphs are just a few lines and it wouldn't look good with a page break after each one of them, and it would be expensive to print it out... I will try to explain better what I am looking for: I want different page styles for different pages, here is a faked example: Page 1: First Page Page 2: Table of contents Page 3: Right page Page 4: Left page Page 5: Right page Page 6: Landscape Page 7: Landscape All the seven pages are already written, and they contain mostly text, but some pictures and graphics are included. The landscape pages includes text and a big (wide) table, and tables are also included in some of the pages 3-5. Now, when everything is already written, I want to create the page styles. Some of them are standard page styles, and some of them I have to create myself. So I create them and now I want to apply them on my existing pages. So I place the cursor somewhere at page 1. The stylist is already open and I click the page styles button (I am not sure if it's called page styles in English, in my Swedish version it's called "Sidformatmallar" which is "Page Format Templates" if I translate it directly). However, now I can see all my page styles. So, with my cursor placed at page 1, I double click a style called "First Page". This works great. Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. "Well", I think, "maybe it's something with tables of contents, I'll deal with that later"... So now, I place the cursor somewhere in the text of page 3, I then double click the style "Right page". That style is created so that next page will be "Left page", so now page 4 use the style "Left page". The problem is that also page 2 use that style! I might have come to something that reminds of a explanation: When I do a page break, I press Ctrl+Enter. Maybe I should use the Manual Break dialog instead? Or maybe I just can't wait until everything is already written, to assign a page style to a page? I am not quite sure what is going on, anyway, and Help doesn't give me much help either... When I tried this, yesterday, I also tried to make a landscape page style, but it failed. It was still in portrait mode, but I KNOW this will work, because I have done it before, only a few weeks ago. The question is what I did THEN, that I don't do NOW... Hmmm. I agree with Johnny. Something is very wrong here. I just tried playing with page styles, e.g. I set the first page to "First Page", then I put the cursor in the second page and set it to something other than default (e.g. Right page style), and the first page got changed as well. Like Johnny, I'm sure this didn't happen before. I'm sure it should only change the page that the cursor is in. Instead, it appears to be applying page styles from the beginning of the document, which then sets up a ripple through the whole document applying the Next Page style attribute to subsequent pages. Applying a manual break via the menu and setting the next page style in that dialog does work but does not solve the problem. Trying to change the page style at some later time presents the same behaviour as before. This is in OOo 2.0.2. Ross - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Den 2006-05-15 16:44:04 skrev Johnny Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Den 2006-05-14 16:19:41 skrev G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 15:28 +0200, Johnny Andersson wrote: I don't know, suddenly it does not just work... I tried page styles a while ago and it worked just like expected, but now I try to set different styles when I already wrote 6 pages. The first page is just one line and a gif. Page 2 is a table of contents (using the proper tools for it). The actual text starts at page 3 and starting with that page I want pages to be numbered. Odd pages should have their page number on the right side of the footer, even pages on the left side. I managed to set a style for page 1, it's called First page and it is a preset style. I want another style for page 2, so I place the cursor somewhere in that page and select another style. When I move my cursor to another page and get back again, the stylist says that the selected page style is Standard! So how do I actually change the page styles? And why could I do it with the first page and not with the others? Do I have to select page style before writing something on them? Maybe it's just Windows 98 that's performing a practical joke on me as usual, maybe I should just restart my PC and try again... Not certain what you are doing. However you can use the Text Flow tab of any paragraph style to set new styles on a page break. Thanks for your reply. It didn't help me in THIS case, but I learned something new, at least. I tried it, but all it did was that everytime I press Enter, there is a page break, and I don't want that to happen. Many of my paragraphs are just a few lines and it wouldn't look good with a page break after each one of them, and it would be expensive to print it out... I will try to explain better what I am looking for: I want different page styles for different pages, here is a faked example: Page 1: First Page Page 2: Table of contents Page 3: Right page Page 4: Left page Page 5: Right page Page 6: Landscape Page 7: Landscape All the seven pages are already written, and they contain mostly text, but some pictures and graphics are included. The landscape pages includes text and a big (wide) table, and tables are also included in some of the pages 3-5. Now, when everything is already written, I want to create the page styles. Some of them are standard page styles, and some of them I have to create myself. So I create them and now I want to apply them on my existing pages. So I place the cursor somewhere at page 1. The stylist is already open and I click the page styles button (I am not sure if it's called page styles in English, in my Swedish version it's called "Sidformatmallar" which is "Page Format Templates" if I translate it directly). However, now I can see all my page styles. So, with my cursor placed at page 1, I double click a style called "First Page". This works great. Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. "Well", I think, "maybe it's something with tables of contents, I'll deal with that later"... So now, I place the cursor somewhere in the text of page 3, I then double click the style "Right page". That style is created so that next page will be "Left page", so now page 4 use the style "Left page". The problem is that also page 2 use that style! I might have come to something that reminds of a explanation: When I do a page break, I press Ctrl+Enter. Maybe I should use the Manual Break dialog instead? Or maybe I just can't wait until everything is already written, to assign a page style to a page? I am not quite sure what is going on, anyway, and Help doesn't give me much help either... When I tried this, yesterday, I also tried to make a landscape page style, but it failed. It was still in portrait mode, but I KNOW this will work, because I have done it before, only a few weeks ago. The question is what I did THEN, that I don't do NOW... I tried again now, and here is a funny thing: I made it work somewhat better now, when I changed the "next style" setting of the page styles: First Page -> Table of contents Table of contents -> Right page Right page -> Left page Left page -> Right page However, now I tried to set page 6 to the Landscape page style. What do you think happened? I have tried this several times now, same result every time: Page 1 () turns to Landscape, all other pages are unaffected... (except that things on page 1 moves to page 2 since there is not room enough for it on a landscape page. Obviously I am doing something VERY wrong here, but what? I noticed that I got more replies on this one, maybe I should have them checked out before writing this, we'll see... Thanks fo
Re: [users] Page styles...
On Monday May 15 2006 09:44 am, Johnny Andersson wrote: > Den 2006-05-14 16:19:41 skrev G. Roderick Singleton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 15:28 +0200, Johnny Andersson wrote: > >> I don't know, suddenly it does not just work... > >> > >> I tried page styles a while ago and it worked just like expected, but > >> now > >> I try to set different styles when I already wrote 6 pages. > >> > >> The first page is just one line and a gif. Page 2 is a table of > >> contents (using the proper tools for it). > >> The actual text starts at page 3 and starting with that page I want > >> pages > >> to be numbered. Odd pages should have their page number on the right > >> side > >> of the footer, even pages on the left side. > >> > >> I managed to set a style for page 1, it's called First page and it is > >> a preset style. > >> I want another style for page 2, so I place the cursor somewhere in > >> that page and select another style. > >> When I move my cursor to another page and get back again, the stylist > >> says > >> that the selected page style is Standard! So how do I actually change > >> the > >> page styles? And why could I do it with the first page and not with > >> the others? Do I have to select page style before writing something > >> on them? > >> > >> Maybe it's just Windows 98 that's performing a practical joke on me > >> as usual, maybe I should just restart my PC and try again... > > > > Not certain what you are doing. However you can use the Text Flow tab > > of any paragraph style to set new styles on a page break. > > Thanks for your reply. It didn't help me in THIS case, but I learned > something new, at least. I tried it, but all it did was that everytime I > press Enter, there is a page break, and I don't want that to happen. > Many of my paragraphs are just a few lines and it wouldn't look good > with a page break after each one of them, and it would be expensive to > print it out... > > I will try to explain better what I am looking for: > > I want different page styles for different pages, here is a faked > example: > > Page 1: First Page > Page 2: Table of contents > Page 3: Right page > Page 4: Left page > Page 5: Right page > Page 6: Landscape > Page 7: Landscape > > All the seven pages are already written, and they contain mostly text, > but some pictures and graphics are included. The landscape pages > includes text and a big (wide) table, and tables are also included in > some of the pages 3-5. > > Now, when everything is already written, I want to create the page > styles. Some of them are standard page styles, and some of them I have > to create myself. So I create them and now I want to apply them on my > existing pages. So I place the cursor somewhere at page 1. The stylist > is already open and I click the page styles button (I am not sure if > it's called page styles in English, in my Swedish version it's called > "Sidformatmallar" which is "Page Format Templates" if I translate it > directly). However, now I can see all my page styles. So, with my cursor > placed at page 1, I double click a style called "First Page". This works > great. > Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere > in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". > Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that > "Standard" is selected. > "Well", I think, "maybe it's something with tables of contents, I'll > deal with that later"... > So now, I place the cursor somewhere in the text of page 3, I then > double click the style "Right page". That style is created so that next > page will be "Left page", so now page 4 use the style "Left page". The > problem is that also page 2 use that style! > > I might have come to something that reminds of a explanation: When I do > a page break, I press Ctrl+Enter. Maybe I should use the Manual Break > dialog instead? > > Or maybe I just can't wait until everything is already written, to > assign a page style to a page? I am not quite sure what is going on, > anyway, and Help doesn't give me much help either... > > When I tried this, yesterday, I also tried to make a landscape page > style, but it failed. It was still in portrait mode, but I KNOW this > will work, because I have done it before, only a few weeks ago. The > question is what I did THEN, that I don't do NOW... > > > Best regards Have you downloaded the chapter on styles in the Getting Started Guide? There is also a chapter on Styles in the Writer Guide. Both are available at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html. If you have the complete User's Guide from http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/, you should also find information about styles in it. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Den 2006-05-14 16:19:41 skrev G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 15:28 +0200, Johnny Andersson wrote: I don't know, suddenly it does not just work... I tried page styles a while ago and it worked just like expected, but now I try to set different styles when I already wrote 6 pages. The first page is just one line and a gif. Page 2 is a table of contents (using the proper tools for it). The actual text starts at page 3 and starting with that page I want pages to be numbered. Odd pages should have their page number on the right side of the footer, even pages on the left side. I managed to set a style for page 1, it's called First page and it is a preset style. I want another style for page 2, so I place the cursor somewhere in that page and select another style. When I move my cursor to another page and get back again, the stylist says that the selected page style is Standard! So how do I actually change the page styles? And why could I do it with the first page and not with the others? Do I have to select page style before writing something on them? Maybe it's just Windows 98 that's performing a practical joke on me as usual, maybe I should just restart my PC and try again... Not certain what you are doing. However you can use the Text Flow tab of any paragraph style to set new styles on a page break. Thanks for your reply. It didn't help me in THIS case, but I learned something new, at least. I tried it, but all it did was that everytime I press Enter, there is a page break, and I don't want that to happen. Many of my paragraphs are just a few lines and it wouldn't look good with a page break after each one of them, and it would be expensive to print it out... I will try to explain better what I am looking for: I want different page styles for different pages, here is a faked example: Page 1: First Page Page 2: Table of contents Page 3: Right page Page 4: Left page Page 5: Right page Page 6: Landscape Page 7: Landscape All the seven pages are already written, and they contain mostly text, but some pictures and graphics are included. The landscape pages includes text and a big (wide) table, and tables are also included in some of the pages 3-5. Now, when everything is already written, I want to create the page styles. Some of them are standard page styles, and some of them I have to create myself. So I create them and now I want to apply them on my existing pages. So I place the cursor somewhere at page 1. The stylist is already open and I click the page styles button (I am not sure if it's called page styles in English, in my Swedish version it's called "Sidformatmallar" which is "Page Format Templates" if I translate it directly). However, now I can see all my page styles. So, with my cursor placed at page 1, I double click a style called "First Page". This works great. Now, I have a table of contents at page 2. I place the cursor somewhere in it and double click a style called "Table of contents". Then I click in page 2 again, but now the stylist tells me that "Standard" is selected. "Well", I think, "maybe it's something with tables of contents, I'll deal with that later"... So now, I place the cursor somewhere in the text of page 3, I then double click the style "Right page". That style is created so that next page will be "Left page", so now page 4 use the style "Left page". The problem is that also page 2 use that style! I might have come to something that reminds of a explanation: When I do a page break, I press Ctrl+Enter. Maybe I should use the Manual Break dialog instead? Or maybe I just can't wait until everything is already written, to assign a page style to a page? I am not quite sure what is going on, anyway, and Help doesn't give me much help either... When I tried this, yesterday, I also tried to make a landscape page style, but it failed. It was still in portrait mode, but I KNOW this will work, because I have done it before, only a few weeks ago. The question is what I did THEN, that I don't do NOW... Best regards -- Johnny - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Page styles...
I don't know, suddenly it does not just work... I tried page styles a while ago and it worked just like expected, but now I try to set different styles when I already wrote 6 pages. The first page is just one line and a gif. Page 2 is a table of contents (using the proper tools for it). The actual text starts at page 3 and starting with that page I want pages to be numbered. Odd pages should have their page number on the right side of the footer, even pages on the left side. I managed to set a style for page 1, it's called First page and it is a preset style. I want another style for page 2, so I place the cursor somewhere in that page and select another style. When I move my cursor to another page and get back again, the stylist says that the selected page style is Standard! So how do I actually change the page styles? And why could I do it with the first page and not with the others? Do I have to select page style before writing something on them? Maybe it's just Windows 98 that's performing a practical joke on me as usual, maybe I should just restart my PC and try again... -- Johnny - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page styles
On 1/28/2006 9:20 PM G. Roderick Singleton spoke: On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 18:07 -0500, James wrote: clt-enter is different than the insert manual page break menu (with a page style). Yes in that Ctrl-Enter inserts a page of the same style as the current page. No option to change styles. Oh, I assumed I could add a page with control enter and use the stylist to change the page style after. :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page styles
On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 18:07 -0500, James wrote: > clt-enter is different than the insert manual page break menu (with a > page style). Yes in that Ctrl-Enter inserts a page of the same style as the current page. No option to change styles. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page styles
clt-enter is different than the insert manual page break menu (with a page style). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page styles
On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 16:54 -0500, James wrote: > I set the first page to the first page style. > The second page is the default style which I modified to be landscape. > Unfortunately, I want the last page to be another style (I used index) > in portrait. > > I got that working by changing the "Next Style" of a style to be the > style I want on the next page. > I can't seem to set page styles for each page. :-( > > The problem is that I want to insert a 3rd page of the Default style in > landscape and the change to portrait on the last page. > > I can't figure it out. :-( > James, I take it Bob is not around or I would suggest asking him. There are documents to help you do this and using styles is correct. 1. May I suggest using the method outlined in http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf near page 70-71 for details. 2. You might also try Help > Contents > Index > Search term > landscape and portrait for a work -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [users] page styles
On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:54 pm, James wrote: > I set the first page to the first page style. > The second page is the default style which I modified to be landscape. > Unfortunately, I want the last page to be another style (I used index) > in portrait. > > I got that working by changing the "Next Style" of a style to be the > style I want on the next page. > I can't seem to set page styles for each page. :-( > > The problem is that I want to insert a 3rd page of the Default style in > landscape and the change to portrait on the last page. > > I can't figure it out. :-( > Have you tried this? 1) Right click the default page style and select New. Give it the name Portrait. Modify its formating to what you want for your portrait page. 2) Right click the default page style and select New. Give it the name Landscape. Modify its formating to what you want for your landscape page. Enter Portrait as the Next Style. 3) Modify First Page style so that Landscape is the Next Style. What this does is format the first page in the First Page style, format the second page as landscape, and format the third and any following pages as portrait. Dan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] page styles
I set the first page to the first page style. The second page is the default style which I modified to be landscape. Unfortunately, I want the last page to be another style (I used index) in portrait. I got that working by changing the "Next Style" of a style to be the style I want on the next page. I can't seem to set page styles for each page. :-( The problem is that I want to insert a 3rd page of the Default style in landscape and the change to portrait on the last page. I can't figure it out. :-( - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
