Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21496
Wrong FAQ content
Last modified: 2004-01-08 17:53:16 UTC
> How do I make my first page a cover/title page and start page > numbering (Page 1) on the second page of my document? That´s Question Nr. 002 on http://documentation.openoffice.org/user_faq/word_processing/002.html My corrections follow inline. > Here is the basic procedure for breaking a document into sections > (for whatever purpose) as well as placing a page number in a footer > of the second page: > > * > > Open a new word processing document. * > > Enter some or all of the data that you want on your cover page (or > simply hit the return key a few times). * F11, then choose icon to show page styles, then doubleclick on First Page. > Select: Insert->Manual Break... * > > Select the button next to "Page Break". Then choose the style to use > for the next page (pick one from the menu - such as "First Page"). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ don´t. Choose "Default" > Then mark the check box called "Change page number". In the box below > this check box the number 1 should appear. Click OK. > > Note: by picking a different style for the next page, you are in > effect breaking the document into two sections. The sections then can > have different characteristics (headers, footers, page numbering, > etc.). The page style that is assigned for each section of the > document can be seen by clicking into the desired page. Look below > the document window area, to the right of the "Page x/n" block to see > the page style name for the current page/section. * > > Now you should have two pages. Put your cursor in the second page, > then select: Insert->Footer->First Page from the pulldown menus. A ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ don´t. Choose "Default" > footer area will appear on the second page. * > To insert the page number, select: Insert->Fields->Page Numbers. A > number '1' should appear on the second page of the file (because the > page number field is counting pages from the beginning of the current > SECTION).
I asked Guido, I haven't been following this discussion closely, but I have now looked at the FAQ and your bug report, and I don't see what the problem is with the instructions in the FAQ. Guido answered, It says to choose the *First* Page Style for the page *following* the first page. My corrections suggest to choose the First Page Style for the first page, and the Default Page Style for the following pages. My reply, Ah, I see what you are getting at, but I don't use the Default Page Style for anything. I use a Title Page style for the title page, a Copyright Page style for the second page, the First Page style for the page that's going to be numbered "1", and Left and Right Page styles for pages following that. And I'm sure many other people have other combinations of page styles, so telling someone to use the Default page style could be just as confusing or misleading as the instructions that are in the FAQ now. I suggest a better wording would say something about "whatever page style you want for the page that's going to be numbered 1" -- that's really badly worded but is the general idea. Jean
Well, you don´t *need* to choose Default. Just as it´s said in the FAQ: "Pick one from the menue". > Select the button next to "Page Break". Then choose the style to use > for the next page (pick one from the menu - such as "First Page"). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But from all styles that are shown there, don´t choose First Page. If the FAQ wants to make a suggestion, it shouldn´t suggest the only one that makes no sense. Same applies to the rest of my corrections.
Guido, Okay, I see your point better now. Especially since the default for the "First Page" style is "followed by First Page" instead of something logical like "followed by Left Page" -- so people are likely to get stuck in First Page through the whole document. So I don't mind your change. Another possible problem with that FAQ item, that you didn't mention: it talks about breaking a document into "sections". I wonder if this use of the term "section" will confuse readers later, because OOo's real sections are quite different. Jean
Other than the usual practice of QA I set my own Issue to New. I need this changed as soon as possible since questions on users mailing lists regarding page numbering keep coming in. I don´t want to retype the same answer over and over again while there´s a very good help text in the FAQs available, which only needs simple changes. Please fix.
Has been fixed now, therefore closed.
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