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# Open a new Writer document.  
 
# Open a new Writer document.  
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# Enter some or all of the text that you want on your cover page (or simply press the Enter key a few times).
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# Choose '''Insert > Manual Break''' from the menu bar.
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# Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting window. Choose "Page Styles" from the icons (hover with your pointer on each icon to open the note). Double-click on "First Page" for assigning the "First Page" style to the first page of your document.
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# Select the ''Page break button'' in the dialog box.
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# Place the cursor at the end of the first page. Select Insert->Manual Break from the menu bar.
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# From the drop-down list, select ''Default''.
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# Select "Page Break". Then choose the style to use for the next page (pick one from the menu - such as "Default"). Then mark the check box called "Change page number". In the box below this check box the number 1 should appear. Click OK.  
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# Select the ''Change page number'' option in the checkbox.
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# Now you should have two pages. Put the cursor in the second page, then select Insert->Footer->Default from the menu bar. A footer area will appear on the second page.  
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# Click the up or down arrows as necessary until “1” appears.
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# To insert the page number, select: Insert->Fields->Page Numbers. A number '1' should appear on the second page of the file.
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# Click ''OK''.
  
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Note: each page style can have different characteristics (headers, footers, page numbering, etc.). The page style that is assigned for each page of the document can be seen by clicking into the desired page. Look below the document window area, to the right of the "Page x/n" block to see the page style name for the current page/section.
 
  
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For more about using page styles, see Chapter 6, [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf Introduction to Styles] in the Writer Guide.
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The document now has 2 pages, and the cursor is in the second page.  If the cursor is not in the second page, click in the second page so that it is.
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# Choose '''Insert > Footer > Default''' from the menu bar.  (Or '''Insert > Header > Default''', depending on where you want your page number to appear).
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# To insert the page number, Choose '''Insert > Fields > Page Numbers'''. A number '1' should appear on the second page of the file.
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For information about using page styles, see Chapter 6, [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf Introduction to Styles] in the Writer Guide.
 
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Revision as of 00:04, 21 June 2010


How do I make my first page a cover or title page and start page numbering (Page 1) on the second page of my document?


  1. Open a new Writer document.
  2. Choose Insert > Manual Break from the menu bar.
  3. Select the Page break button in the dialog box.
  4. From the drop-down list, select Default.
  5. Select the Change page number option in the checkbox.
  6. Click the up or down arrows as necessary until “1” appears.
  7. Click OK.


The document now has 2 pages, and the cursor is in the second page. If the cursor is not in the second page, click in the second page so that it is.


  1. Choose Insert > Footer > Default from the menu bar. (Or Insert > Header > Default, depending on where you want your page number to appear).
  2. To insert the page number, Choose Insert > Fields > Page Numbers. A number '1' should appear on the second page of the file.

For information about using page styles, see Chapter 6, Introduction to Styles in the Writer Guide.

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