On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 16:13 +1000, John wrote: > CPHennessy: > > > > I followed the instructions as outlined by Claudia Drechsie below: > I am sorry but apart from the fact the instructions are very difficult > to understand and follow they do not work.... > If I want a set of page numbers that Start at 1 and go through to > 2000 or whatever. Yes it is fine.... But I do not. > In fact more often than not Open Office goes into Recovery mode (I > have downloaded version 2). Once you have set your paragraph style > and then attempted to 'import' the sub document.
Please see http://documentation.openoffice.org/ Check out the Guides and HOW-TOs particularly the guides. The user guide offers info on using master documents as do the OOoAuthors guides. I think that once you read one or more of these your problems will be solved. > > Okay quote: > You need a paragraph style that exists as well in the Master Document and > > the sub-documents. In ths style you activate: > > Text Flow/Breaks: (First problem........ Text Flow / Breaks???? ) > > > > > > > > There is no further explanation as to what paramerters you are to set. In > this case we went with Page number 1 as appears to be suggested by Claudia. > > Quote: > This paragraph style has to be assigned to the first line of each > > sub-document (for beeing the first paragraph it won't insert a page-break > > at the beginning of the sub-document). > > > It was and it doesn't work.... > > This was tested on a simple 1 page sub document. The sub document was > provided with the same paragraph style as the master. This style was > applied to Heading 1 in both the Master and the sub document. After > Open Office 'recovered ' itself twice and imported the sub document it > was still without any page numbering . > > We attempted to set up the page numbering in both the sub document and > in the Master. Neither method works. Apart from the Master document > again by default providing you with numbers 1 to etc....... > concurrently. > > > > > > > As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: > On Wed May 17 2006 06:28, Claudia Drechsle wrote: > > > Hi John > > > > > > > > > > How do I assign 'unique' page numbers and Chapter Headings to > > > > > sub-documents that are part of a Master Document? > > > > > > What exactly would that mean? Do you want to start each sub-document with > > > page number 1? > > > If that's the problem, there is this solution: > > > You need a paragraph style that exists as well in the Master Document and > > > the sub-documents. In ths style you activate: > > > Text Flow/Breaks: insert with page style: (the page style that has to be > > > used and must also exist as well in the master and sub-documents)/Page > > > number: 1 > > > This paragraph style has to be assigned to the first line of each > > > sub-document (for beeing the first paragraph it won't insert a page-break > > > at the beginning of the sub-document). > > > > > > And what's exactly with the Chapter Headings? > > Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. -- 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]
