Page numbering is one of the key details in the design of a text document. It makes it more official, and when paired with a high-quality table of contents, it also helps to quickly find the information you need in the text. This article will talk about how to insert page numbering in Open Office.
Adding simple pagination to a document
The role of the word processor in this office suite is played by the Writer application. Functionally and externally, it is very similar to Microsoft Word 2003. Therefore, users of the latter can quickly get used to the interface of the Writer editor. To number the pages in the "Open Office", you need to proceed according to the algorithm:
- In the panel of the standard menu, find the "Insert" item and go into it.
- In the expanded list of commands, move the mouse cursor over the inscription "Footer". After that, a submenu consisting of only 1 item will open.
- Click on "Normal".
- Set the editor cursor to the area that appears at the top or bottom of the page.
- Once again open the "Insert" menu and hover over the "Fields" sub-item.
- In this subsection, click on the inscription "Page Number".
After this action, a number in dark gray appears in the footer. This mark means that the element is not plain text and can be changed independently.
Also, to insert a page number, you can use the "Field" button, placed on the "Insert" quick access panel.
Change the appearance of sheet numbering
Unlike Microsoft Word, this element in Open Office supports formatting. You can change the font type, size, color, style and other parameters of the page number. But besides this, the page numbering in "Open Office" can be changed beyond recognition using a special dialog box. To call it you need:
- Select a number inside the footer and call the drop-down menu.
- In this list, select the line called "Field". It will open the "Edit Fields" window.
In it, you can select the characters that will be displayed instead of page numbers in the "Open Office". By default, the editor offers a choice of 4 options: Arabic and Roman numerals, letters of the Russian and English alphabet.
After choosing the appropriate design option, you just need to click on the "OK" button to apply the changes.
How to disable the page number on the title page
According to official requirements for paperwork, there should not be a number on the title page. But if you use the previous method, then the number on the first page will definitely be. To remove it, you need to follow a simple sequence of actions:
- Click on the first sheet.
- Calling the style manager window is one way. Click on the button of the same name on a narrow panel attached to the right border of the main window. In the "Format" menu, select the line "Styles". Press the F11 key on the keyboard.
- In a new window, switch the view to "Page Styles" using one of the buttons at the top of it.
- Select the line "First page" and double-click on it with the left mouse button.
This completes the procedure for deleting page numbers in the "Open Office" from the title page.
How to hide page numbers on the first pages of a document
This function is mainly used in the design of educational and scientific works. To remove the numbering from several pages at the beginning of the document, you need:
- Place the editor cursor at the beginning of the first sheet of the document.
- Call the window of page settings in Open Office using the Format menu and its sub-page "Page".
- In the first tab in the second drop-down list, select the sub-item "First page" and close the window using the "OK" button.
- Set the pointer to the last page, which should not have a number.
- Call the page parameters window and change the value of "First page" to "Normal" using the third step of this algorithm.
- Close the window by clicking on "OK."
This is the way to hide numbers on the first pages of the document.
How to remove page numbering in "Open Office"
Usually there is no need to use this editor function. In order to completely remove page numbers from a text document you need:
- Open the "Insert" section in the standard menu bar and activate the "Headers and footers" section in it.
- In their pop-up submenus, uncheck the boxes next to the names of the page styles used in the document.
- After clicking, the editor will respond with a small information window informing you that deleting headers and footers entails deleting their contents.
- Click on the button that says "Yes" in the window that appears.
At this step, the procedure for completely deleting page numbering from the "Open Office" is completed.
In general, the procedure for numbering a document created using OpenOffice Writer is quite simple. But if you compare it with a similar process in Microsoft Word, it might seem that this is not so. The reason for this difference lies in the fact that the use of styles is the basis of all the applications of the Open Office package. They apply to almost all operations with text, including pagination of a document. This approach ensures fast operation and sufficient compatibility with competitor programs.