Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 26195
line numbering adds unwanted line numbers to headers and footers.
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
Line numbering adds unwanted line numbers to headers and footers. The numbers in the headers and footers follow their own sequence, very confusingly. Checking or unchecking the "Lines in text frames" option has no effect on this. This prevents me from using OpenOffice for writing radio plays. Rebooted system to Suse Linux 9.0 and was able to reproduce problem.
Created attachment 13602 [details] sample radio play with line numbers
Created attachment 13604 [details] radio play with line numbers
On further checking, it seems this only happens to documents originally created in another program. I am currently editing a radio play that was created in Lotus Word Pro, and sent to me in .rtf. Along the way, I opened it and resaved it in Microsoft Word 97.
In the paragraph-style you can adjust whether lines are counted or not. If you do not want the header or footer to be counted, you must use a different paragraph-style for them than for the text. The styles "Header" and "Footer" are suitable.
are you sure you using OOo 1.0.0 ? Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1.1rc3 , you can download it from http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.1rc3/index.html many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1.1rc3 . If the problem still happend in 1.1.1rc3 please report back. It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try.
I'm using version 1.1.0. The problem only happens with documents originally created in another program. In this case I was importing a radio play created in Lotus Word Pro, saved as an .rtf, then previously opened and re-saved in Word 97. OpenOffice stripped the line numbering, and when I added it again, it included the headers and footers in their own unique and confusing numbering system. I now know how to work around the problem (go in and manually set the Header and Footer styles to not be part of line numbering, or if that fails, delete and rebuild the headers and footers). For the future, there does seem to be an issue with the importing documents with line numbers. Since collaborating with a far-flung group and writers and producers, who use a variety of word processors and platforms, is part of the job of directing radio plays, it would be nice if OpenOffice correctly retained the line numbers created in other programs--but it's not a fatal problem.
Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1.1 , you can download it from http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.1/index.html many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1.1 . If the problem still happend in 1.1.1 please report back. It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try. I change version from 1.0.0 to 1.10 as user reports
Using the styles environment to modify the "include in line-numbering" option helps this problem. However, a small note indicating this in the main line-numbering option in the tools menu would save a lot of time for the new user.
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duplicate to issue 16875. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 16875 ***
Closing duplicate.