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As already mentioned, the '''Default''' page needs to be modified in order to accommodate page numbering. For this you can either activate a '''Header''' or a '''Footer'''. Footers used to be very popular, but many students now prefer headers to accommodate not only the page number but also extra information such as his or her name and matriculation number.
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The format of your '''Default''' pages – the ones carrying the main body of your text – needs to bemodified giving it a larger left margin of '''3cm''' for the punch holes and most importantly a Header for the page numbers.<nowiki>*</nowiki>
  
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To insert a header go to menu '''Format › Styles and Formatting''', choose the 4th icon for '''Page Styles''', select the tab for '''Headers''' and tick '''Header on'''. There are a few things you can do to make the header look nicer such as adding a line between header and text: for this click on '''More'''.
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Other important page settings pertain to the margins. Click on the tab '''Page''' and set the margins to the following values: '''3cm''' for Left margin (to make room for perforation), and '''2cm''' for all other margins.<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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* open the menu '''Format › Styles and formatting (F11)'''
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* activate the fourth button to list the '''Page styles''' (see illustration 18)
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Having done this, your page will now have an empty Header (or Footer). To insert the page number in the Header, place your cursor inside it and go to Menu '''Insert'''. Choose '''Fields › Page Number'''. Note that you ''do'' want Page Number and not Page ''Count'' – the latter stands for the total number of pages your document contains. You will probably want your Page number to be right aligned. In this case just click on it once and press the button for right alignment in the menu (see illustration 18).
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* '''right''' click the '''Default style'''
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* choose '''Modify'''
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* under the tab '''Page''' increase the '''Margin › Left''' from '''2cm''' to '''3cm'''
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* confirm '''OK'''
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* '''double click''' the page style '''Default''' in order to apply it to your text
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* back in your text place cursor inside your '''header'''
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* open menu '''Insert > Fields > Page number'''
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* press button '''Align right''' (or shortcut ''Ctrl + r'' - see illustration 16)
 
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Your header can contain other information besides the page number. You might want to add your name or even the title of the current chapter. To achieve this open menu ''' Insert › Fields › Other › Document › Chapter › Chapter number and name › Insert › Close'''. You would leave this information left aligned, remove the middle tab stop (the ┴ from the ruler bar by pulling it down with your mouse, place cursor to the right next to chapter name, press the '''Tab''' key to shift cursor to the right and finally insert the page number as described above. Every time a new chapter starts, the header will change along with it.
  
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The Header can contain other information besides the Page number. You might want to '''Insert › Fields › Other › Document › Chapter › Chapter number''' as well as '''Chapter name'''. You would leave this information left aligned and press the '''Tab''' key to shift the page number to the right margin. Every time a new chapter starts, the Header will change along with it.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Instead of a Header you might prefer a Footer. Footers used to be very popular, but many students now prefer headers to accommodate not only the page number but also extra information such as his or her name and matriculation number.
  
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> It is possible to create pamphlets with left and right pages quite easily using OpenOffice. In this case you would opt for '''Page layout mirrored'''. Then instead of left and right margins, you are offered '''Inner''' and '''Outer''' margins. You would choose a smaller page size of A5 and a smaller font size of 11pt or even 10.5pt and, when it comes to printing, tick the option '''Brochure''' under the tab '''Page Layout'''. If your printer supports duplex printing, then you won’t even need two separate print runs for the rectos and versos.
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 1 March 2016



The format of your Default pages – the ones carrying the main body of your text – needs to bemodified giving it a larger left margin of 3cm for the punch holes and most importantly a Header for the page numbers.*

Here is how to go about it:

  • open the menu Format › Styles and formatting (F11)
  • activate the fourth button to list the Page styles (see illustration 18)
  • right click the Default style
  • choose Modify
  • under the tab Page increase the Margin › Left from 2cm to 3cm
  • confirm OK
  • double click the page style Default in order to apply it to your text
  • back in your text place cursor inside your header
  • open menu Insert > Fields > Page number
  • press button Align right (or shortcut Ctrl + r - see illustration 16)
Wfs may2014 023 buttons alignment.png

Illustration 16. The 4 alignment buttons: left, center, right and justified

Your header can contain other information besides the page number. You might want to add your name or even the title of the current chapter. To achieve this open menu Insert › Fields › Other › Document › Chapter › Chapter number and name › Insert › Close. You would leave this information left aligned, remove the middle tab stop (the ┴ from the ruler bar by pulling it down with your mouse, place cursor to the right next to chapter name, press the Tab key to shift cursor to the right and finally insert the page number as described above. Every time a new chapter starts, the header will change along with it.

* Instead of a Header you might prefer a Footer. Footers used to be very popular, but many students now prefer headers to accommodate not only the page number but also extra information such as his or her name and matriculation number.



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