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Hello everyone,

I am using OOo Writer 2.3.0 on Win98SE. In my document I would like to use a different header and footer for left and right pages. I would like pages 1 and 2 to have no page numbers. Starting with page 3, I would like right pages (odd numbered) to have one style of page number, and left pages (even numbered) to have another style.

This is a landscape document, so actually the "right" pages are on the bottom, and the "left" pages are on the top. I would like the odd/right/bottom pages to have the page numbers in the footer, and the even/left/top pages to have the page numbers in the header.

In Word, this is done with sections, but in Writer, it appears that this is done with page styles. I hope this is correct.

I went to the top of page 3 and created a page style, following the help topic "Creating a Page Style Based on the Current Page": I used Format / Styles / New style from selection / New style from selection; then I typed in "Body odd page" as a new style name; then I double clicked on this new style name to apply it to the current page. Then I went into Format / Page / Page, and under Page Layout, selected "Only right".

I thought that this would then apply the "Body odd page" style only to the right side pages, but instead, it forced every subsequent page to be an odd page. What was page 4 is now page 5; what was page 5 is now page 7; and there are no even pages. Establishing a new even page style starting on what was page 4 does not fix the problem, since all subsequent pages are then even.

Is there any way to get Writer to use left and right page styles simultaneously? Or is there perhaps another approach I should take?

TIA for your help.

Kevin

Kevin Carmody wrote:Hello everyone,

I am using OOo Writer 2.3.0 on Win98SE. In my document I would like to use a different header and footer for left and right pages. I would like pages 1 and 2 to have no page numbers. Starting with page 3, I would like right pages (odd numbered) to have one style of page number, and left pages (even numbered) to have another style.

This is a landscape document, so actually the "right" pages are on the bottom, and the "left" pages are on the top. I would like the odd/right/bottom pages to have the page numbers in the footer, and the even/left/top pages to have the page numbers in the header.

In Word, this is done with sections, but in Writer, it appears that this is done with page styles. I hope this is correct.

I went to the top of page 3 and created a page style, following the help topic "Creating a Page Style Based on the Current Page": I used Format / Styles / New style from selection / New style from selection; then I typed in "Body odd page" as a new style name; then I double clicked on this new style name to apply it to the current page. Then I went into Format / Page / Page, and under Page Layout, selected "Only right".

I thought that this would then apply the "Body odd page" style only to the right side pages, but instead, it forced every subsequent page to be an odd page. What was page 4 is now page 5; what was page 5 is now page 7; and there are no even pages. Establishing a new even page style starting on what was page 4 does not fix the problem, since all subsequent pages are then even.

Right Only means that when you apply the style to a page, the page is forced to be a right page. The subsequent pages all become right pages because the same style is being applied to the subsequent pages.

Kevin Carmody wrote:Is there any way to get Writer to use left and right page styles simultaneously? Or is there perhaps another approach I should take?

TIA for your help.

Kevin

You need to modify the Next Style shown on the page style dialog (Format / Page / Organizer) so that the page style of the subsequent page will change to the correct page style. The style specified as the Next Style will be the style of the subsequent page. Assuming you created a Body even page style for left/even pages, modify the Body odd page style so its Next Style is Body even page. Also modify the Body even page style so its Next Style is Body odd page.

This should work if you are saving files in the ODT format. If you are using another format, you may have to insert manual page breaks between each page.

You need to modify the Next Style shown on the page style dialog (Format / Page / Organizer) so that the page style of the subsequent page will change to the correct page style. The style specified as the Next Style will be the style of the subsequent page. Assuming you created a Body even page style for left/even pages, modify the Body odd page style so its Next Style is Body even page. Also modify the Body even page style so its Next Style is Body odd page.

This should work if you are saving files in the ODT format. If you are using another format, you may have to insert manual page breaks between each page.

This worked great. I am using ODT. Thanks.

Kevin