[Solved] Page with footer at right, or no footer if one page

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[Solved] Page with footer at right, or no footer if one page

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Starting to learn Writer I find the amount of configuration to be quite overwhelming and very difficult to find my way around. I just want a plain page with a footer at the bottom right and that’s all, nothing fancy. The attached image shows what I was able to achieve which is far away from what I want.

So what are the steps to make a template with a footer like 1 OF number of pages ?

And if I don’t want to have the footer how do I remove it? (Like in one page document the footer is not required).

How can I make this template the default?

I write a lot of documents (as a hobby) and often I want to change the style of a word or sentence to stand out. In MS Office I use Ctrl+Shift+P and this brings a window where I can change the Font, Color, Size etc. Is there something similar in Writer?

Thank you
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Re: Bebinners First Steps

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Page layout is based on styles.
Hit F11 for the stylist window, click the 4th button in the top row ("Page Styles"), double-click "First Page".
[Tutorial] Creating a new default template
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Re: Bebinners First Steps

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Oskar4U wrote: In MS Office I use Ctrl+Shift+P and this brings a window where I can change the Font, Color, Size etc. Is there something similar in Writer?
There is a sidebar in AOO/LO that offers such possibility.
But please keep one issue per thread.
Please have a look at the Survival Guide for the forum.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the *EDIT button if your issue has been fixed.
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Re: Bebinners First Steps

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Thank you both and next time I will keep one issue per thread.
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Re: [SOLVED] Bebinners First Steps

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As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date AOO Writer for Students and the Writer User Guide. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.
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See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

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Re: [Solved] Beginners First Steps

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Shorter than the Writer manual John_Ha recommends is
Writer for students (several languages)

I suggest starting with that.
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Re: [Solved] Beginners First Steps

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Thank you, these manuals will help me a lot
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