[Solved] Starting header on 3rd page of document

ReDi72 · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

Following the instructions in the help file, I created a new page style including a header, in order to be able to have a header starting from the 3rd page of my document.
The help file then said to double-click the newly-created page style to apply it to the current page. However, when I double-click it always applies the style to the first page of the document, even though I set the cursor on the 3rd page page where I want the header to be. What am I doing wrong???

BillP · Super User Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 2702

You didn't insert a manual page break between the second and third page. Generally, when you apply a page style to a page, the page style will also be applied to contiguous pages until a page break is encountered.

foxcole

Hagar Delest · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject:

In fact, it's not enough clear in the help file; you need to insert a Manual Page Break (menu Insert) to change the page style or place your cursor at the first paragraph of the page (where new style has to be applied), right click to edit the paragraph properties, in the Text flow tab, check Insert in the Break section, then With Page Style and select the style to be applied.

Note that the use of the Next Style in the page style Organizer tab is not so trustworthy, better have a manual page break. Especially if you export as .doc.
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foxcole · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

Hagar Delest · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

ReDi72 · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

Thanks all for the very quick and accurate replies!

Indeed the manual page break is the key, but only when inserted from the Insert menu and when selecting a new style for the following pages in that same Manual Page Break menu.

Hagar Delest · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject:

ReDi72 · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

Well that's the funny thing, a manual page break using CTRL + Enter does not do the trick for me Shocked

It didn't in version 2.0 and it doesn't in 2.1 (both Dutch versions).

Hagar Delest · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:04 am Post subject:

No, because there are 2 kinds of manual page breaks (but again, it's not clear in the help file):
- one without style change (CTRL + Enter)
- one with style change (from Insert menu with new style specified).

The one with style change is more powerfull, I mean it can stop the page style propagation when you apply a page style to a par tof the document. Not so easy to explain.
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ftack · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:09 am Post subject:

In fact, hard page breaks in Writer are a paragraph characteristic, and not a "character" like in other word processors. Using Ctrl+Enter or "Insert - Manual break - Page break" is equivalent to "Format - Paragraph" - Text flow tab, Breaks insert, position: before.

When changing page styles, you can indeed "change" to the same age style as before: the use of that can be to reset the page numbering without changing anything else.