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martho
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 Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: Page + 1 correction |
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Hello!
Please do the following:
- create a new document
- add a header
- insert "Page " and the page-number into the header
- edit the page-number. Do a correction to make the 1st page saying "Page 2"
- create a 2nd page in the document
For me, it says "Page 2" ond the 1st page (-> correct)
But "Page " on the 2nd page (-> the page-number is emtpy here! It should be "Page 3").
We have an already a ready-printed "Page 1" and need to start the OO-Dokument with "Page 2". How is it done? |
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David
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Page + 1 correction |
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| martho wrote: | Hello!
Please do the following:
- create a new document
- add a header
- insert "Page " and the page-number into the header
- edit the page-number. Do a correction to make the 1st page saying "Page 2"
- create a 2nd page in the document
For me, it says "Page 2" ond the 1st page (-> correct)
But "Page " on the 2nd page (-> the page-number is emtpy here! It should be "Page 3").
We have an already a ready-printed "Page 1" and need to start the OO-Dokument with "Page 2". How is it done? |
This is wierd. I find that if you do the same on a new document with only one page, then continue into other fresh pages there is no problem. However, if you have an already available document with several pages, what you say occurs.
A possible temporary solution? :
I find that if you add an extra blank page [CTRL-ENTER] at the end the numbering continues from the adjusted offset [*] in the first page, but the last page is blank. If this works, the printer should spew out a blank last page.
[*] By this I mean that you select the "1" in the first header and then right mouse / Fields, and change the offset of 0 to 1, so increasing all by 1. This does result in the blank on the last page, but the above might correct that, or at least allow for it.
A definite bug, I'd suspect.
David. |
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jrkrideau
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Page + 1 correction |
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| martho wrote: | Hello!
Please do the following:
- create a new document
- add a header
- insert "Page " and the page-number into the header
- edit the page-number. Do a correction to make the 1st page saying "Page 2"
- create a 2nd page in the document
For me, it says "Page 2" ond the 1st page (-> correct)
But "Page " on the 2nd page (-> the page-number is emtpy here! It should be "Page 3").
We have an already a ready-printed "Page 1" and need to start the OO-Dokument with "Page 2". How is it done? |
I am not clear on what you have done but I think you may have inserted a page number field on the first page, deleted it and typed in a '2'.
Then you have inserted a page break? I don't I don't see why the '2' is not showing up on the second page if the "Page is 
I think to do what you want you can set page style for the first page to 'First Page
Insert a First Page footer, type "Page 2" into it and then insert a page break to create the second page.
When you do this you need to select a Style (default will work, ) and then Click the box that says "Change Page Number" and change that number to "3"
Insert a header
Then type "Page" and insert the page number and you should be okay
This should do it. Good luck
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8daysaweek.co.uk
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ftack
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| Do not use the "offset" to have a different starting page number. Instead, go to the first paragraph of the first page, then: Format - Paragraph, text flow tab: Check "Insert Breaks", check "With page style", leave the current style alone and then specify 2 as the starting page number. |
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jrkrideau
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| ftack wrote: | | Do not use the "offset" to have a different starting page number. Instead, go to the first paragraph of the first page, then: Format - Paragraph, text flow tab: Check "Insert Breaks", check "With page style", leave the current style alone and then specify 2 as the starting page number. |
Thanks ftack,
I knew there had to be a way to do that but I could not find it 
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martho
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| ftack wrote: | | Do not use the "offset" to have a different starting page number. Instead, go to the first paragraph of the first page, then: Format - Paragraph, text flow tab: Check "Insert Breaks", check "With page style", leave the current style alone and then specify 2 as the starting page number. |
Thanks for your reply. This is getting really crazy. I tried this, it works fine on the document itself.
When printing the document on a HP DeskJet, it prints page 1 (= "Page 2") and then an empty page.
When printing the document on a HP LaserJet, it prints an empty page and then page 1 (= "Page 2").
So the page-number is now correct, but an empty page is printed, too. But the empty page is not shown in the document. It seems that the printer somehow gets confused by the "wrong" page-numbers. |
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ftack
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No, now you are facing the "blank page" issue, which has been there always in Openoffice and which actually is "by design". The idea is that with duplex printing, your page 2 (or any even page) should be printed on the reversed side of the paper (to be a left page in the book). Uneven starting pages will not result in a blank page side. I also wish with you that that "feature" could be turned off. In the interim, remove the blank page and ideally return it to the stack  You can also avoid it by specifying a print range before printing (2- will print from page 2 on till the end). to get rid of that page during PDF export, do the same in the PDF export dialog (version 2, not sure whether you can specify pages in version 1). These blank pages do show up in the print preview. |
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martho
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Thanks for your reply. I was afraid it was a feature
I found another solution using fields and "set pagevariable" / "show pagevariable" (I hope this is translated correctly since I use the German version). You use "set pagevariable" to mark the first page, add a correction of +1, and instead of adding Insert > Fields > Page Number you use a field called "show pagevariable". It seems a bit "instable" as well, because the "set pagevariable" has to be before the first paragraph of text, but then it seem to work then. |
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