This thread was inadvertently begun by capturing another thread. Here is the resumption >> ---------------------------------- Rod Engelsman wrote:
My issue is being able to produce a document with an un-numbered Title page followed immediately by page 1 of the body text. I can find no way, other than a work-around I stumbled into, to use styles to create such a beast.
Rod
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Here is the method that I use. It works in both regular documents as well as Master Documents. As best I can tell, it is the way the program is designed to work.
The following will prepare the Page Styles to create a document with an unnumbered title page with page numbering starting at the number of your choice on subsequent pages. The explanation is a lot more complicated than the execution.
1. Open a new document.
2. Open the "Styles and Formatting Window" (OOo 2.0) or "Stylist" (OOo1.1.x) and select Page styles (4th button from the left in the header.) I will be using the name "Stylist" for either version for the rest of this description because it's shorter.
(I prefer to create Odd Number and Even Number page styles instead of using the default Right and Left, respectively. I find it more natural.)
3. Right click in the whitespace in the Stylist main window and click on New in the popup menu.
4. Enter "Odd Number Page" in the Name field. We will have to come back to this style, but for now, click OK. Notice that this style name now appears in the Stylist window.
5. a. Repeat Step 3. Enter "Even Number Page" in step 4.
b. In the "Next Style" field, select "Odd Number page."
c. In the "Footer" tab, place a check in the Footer On box and select "OK". Now this style name also appears in the Stylist window.
6. a. Right click on "Odd Number" page style name and select Modify.
b. In the Organizer tab, select Even Number for Next Style.
c. Enable the page footer and click OK.7. a. Right click on "First Page" page style name and select Modify.
b. In the "Next Style" field, select "Odd Number page."
c. Click OK8. Assign the "First Page" style to page one by double-clicking on the style name.
9. Insert a Page Break. Notice that the Odd Number page style is automatically attached.
10. Place a page number in the footer of the new page using Insert>Field>Other>Document Tab, then select "Page", "Page Numbers" and "As Page Style". In the offset box, enter -1. Click Insert then Close.
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10. This time the new page will have the Even Page style attached.
That's all there is to it and it works every time for me.
Notes:
1. You must apply Header and Footer information once for each of the Right/Left-Odd/Even pages as the information is linked to the styles and not the document.
2. In the course of setting up or changing the numbering, i.e., the Offset value, the page numbers sequence may go awry. My experience has been that closing and reopening the document puts everything right again. This problem is easily encountered when working with Master Documents but I don't recall that I've seen it in a regular document.
3. The cover/title page is part of the document, and I haven't found an automated way to not count it in a Page X of Y display, so I wait until the document is complete, then manually enter the value I want for Y.
Doug
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