LibO: page numbering problems are coming...

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LibO: page numbering problems are coming...

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LibO adds a not so wise wizard for page numbering under insert -> Title page. I played a bit with it during the last days and I'm starting to smell a lot of problems in the future. That menu pretends to be a sort of front end for page style editing/page style applying/page break inserting with the aim to "easy" the whole process.
For really simple documents that only need to change the first(s) page(s) it works (almost) OK, but users trying to do more complex tasks like changing the first page of every chapter will probably end with a big mess...
The menu is appealing because it promise to "solve" the page numbering issue without the need to learn how to set-up/apply page styles... but at the end of the day it takes more work to use that menu than doing everything the right way...
So, you know: be prepared. I think there will be a lot of LibO users with page numbering issues in the future...
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Re: LibO: page numbering problems are coming.. Also OOo 3.3

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The page numbering wizard is in OpenOffice.org 3.3 as well.
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Re: LibO: page numbering problems are coming.. Also OOo 3.3

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lgusaas wrote:The page numbering wizard is in OpenOffice.org 3.3 as well.
Not here: OOo 3.3rc9 on Linux do not have it, its only present on LibO (BTW, it's under Format -> Title page, not under Insert... my wrong)
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Re: LibO: page numbering problems are coming.. Also OOo 3.3

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RGB wrote:
lgusaas wrote:The page numbering wizard is in OpenOffice.org 3.3 as well.
Not here: OOo 3.3rc9 on Linux do not have it, its only present on LibO (BTW, it's under Format -> Title page, not under Insert... my wrong)
Okay. I was looking at "Insert/Page Numbering" which is in both LibO and OOo 3.3 RC9 and is not in OOo3.2.1. "Format/Title Page" is only in LibO.
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