Difference between revisions of "Documentation/Writer for Students/Unnumbered first pages"

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In case you have a separate title page you will most likely want it to be neither numbered nor counted. You might even have several starting pages which you don’t want numbered. Numbering should then start with number 1 beginning with your first Default text page. For this you will need two separate page styles.

Step by step:

go to menu Format › Styles and Formatting (F11)
press the 4th icon to open the list of Page Styles (illustration 18)

Illustration 18. The fourth button in the menu bar opens up the list of page formats, one of them being "First Page"

right click the style First Page and choose Modify
under the tab Organiser › Next Style change the Default to First Page (this way your document could contain several unnumbered preliminary pages)
under the tab Page increase left margin to 3cm
confirm OK
in the list right click on the page style Default and choose Modify
here too under tab Page increase left margin to 3cm
under the tab Header tick Header on (alternatively choose the tab Footer and tick Footer on) so as to fit your page numbers

Wfs019 march2015 applying style first page.png

Illustration 19. Applying style "First Page" to your title page

having thus prepared these two page styles now place the cursor in your very first page of your document, i.e. the title page, and double-click the style First page in your list of Page Styles in order to actually apply it to your title page and the following pages (this demonstrates that styles need to be actually applied with a double-click – changing a style doesn’t mean you’re necessarily actually going to use it)
place your cursor at the very bottom of your title page and using Ctrl + Return insert a new page for the table of contents; this new page will automatically also be in style First page
in this second First Page insert your table of contents (see section 6)
place your cursor immediately below your table of contents
go to menu Insert › Manual Break › Page break and choose Default Style
choose Change page number starting from 1 as in illustration 20

Illustration 20. Applying page break

confirm OK

So now you have two First Pages followed by Default Pages beginning with number 1 as in illustration 21.

Wfs may2014 021-pages with without numbering.png

Illustration 21. Document containing two preliminary pages followed by numbered text pages

Separate Document for the First Page?

Now that you’ve seen how easy it is to insert simple page breaks using Ctrl + Return as well as to switch page styles and restart numbering using Manual Page Breaks it is quite obvious you don’t need separate files for the different parts of your thesis. In fact, separate files have a whole number of serious drawbacks:

you’ll soon loose track of which files (title page, text, literature list etc.) belong to which on your hard disk
you’ll find it difficult to create a single final PDF-document for publication or mailing purposes
you loose the capacity to automatically create your table of contents and other indices

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Pages with and without numbering}}
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-You will surely want your text pages to be numbered starting with number 1, whereas the title page should be neither numbered nor
+In case you have a separate title page you will most likely want it to be neither numbered nor counted. You might even have several starting pages which you don’t want numbered. Numbering should then start with number '''1''' beginning with your first '''Default''' text page. For this you will need ''two'' separate page styles.
-counted. You might even want a second non-numbered and non-counted page for your table of contents.* So you will need ''two'' page styles, one for the '''First Page(s)''' and one for the rest.
 Step by step:
 * go to menu '''Format › Styles and Formatting (F11)'''
-* press the 4th icon from the left to open the list of '''Page Styles''' (illustration 19)
+* press the 4th icon to open the list of '''Page Styles''' (illustration 18)
 <div style="overflow: hidden">
 <!--makes text to start after the picture-->
 [[File:wfs_may2014_019-4th icon menubar.png|none]]
 </div>
-'''Illustration 19. The fourth button in the menu bar opens up the list of  page formats, one of them being "First Page"'''
+'''Illustration 18. The fourth button in the menu bar opens up the list of  page formats, one of them being "First Page"'''
-* right click '''First Page''' and choose '''Modify'''
+* right click the style '''First Page''' and choose '''Modify'''
-* under the tab '''Organiser › Next Style''' change the '''Default''' to '''First Page'''; this way your document could contain a  never ending succession of '''First Pages''' until you decide otherwise
+* under the tab '''Organiser › Next Style''' change the '''Default''' to '''First Page''' (this way your document could contain several unnumbered preliminary pages)
-* confirm '''OK'''* in the list right click on the page style '''Default''' and choose '''Modify'''
+* under the tab '''Page''' increase left margin to '''3cm'''
-* under the tab '''Header''' tick '''Header on''' (alternatively choose the tab '''Footer''' and tick '''Footer on''') to accommodate your page numbers
+* confirm '''OK'''
-* having thus ''prepared'' these two page styles now place the cursor in your very first page of your document, i.e. the title page, and double-click the style '''First page''' in your list of '''Page Styles''' in order to actually ''apply'' it to your first page and the following pages (this demonstrates styles that need to be applied with a double-click – ''changing'' a style doesn’t mean you’re necessarily actually going to ''use'' it)
+* in the list right click on the page style '''Default''' and choose '''Modify'''
-* place your cursor at the very	bottom of your title page and insert a new page to later fit your table of contents using '''Ctrl + Return'''; this new page will automatically also be in style '''First page'''
+* here too under tab '''Page''' increase left margin to '''3cm'''
-* with your cursor placed on this second '''First Page''' insert your table of contents	(see section 7)
+* under the tab '''Header''' tick '''Header on''' (alternatively choose the tab '''Footer''' and tick '''Footer on''') so as to fit your page numbers
+<div style="overflow: hidden">
+<!--makes text to start after the picture-->
+[[File:wfs019_march2015 applying style first page.png|none]]
+</div>
+'''Illustration 19. Applying style "First Page" to your title page'''
+* having thus ''prepared'' these two page styles now place the cursor in your very first page of your document, i.e. the title page, and double-click the style '''First page''' in your list of '''Page Styles''' in order to actually ''apply'' it to your title page and the following pages (this demonstrates that styles need to be actually ''applied'' with a double-click – ''changing'' a style doesn’t mean you’re necessarily actually going to ''use'' it)
+* place your cursor at the very	bottom of your title page and using '''Ctrl + Return''' insert a new page for the table of contents; this new page will automatically also be in style '''First page'''
+* in this second '''First Page''' insert your table of contents	(see section 6)
+* place your cursor immediately below your table of contents
+* go to menu '''Insert › Manual Break › Page break''' and choose '''Default Style'''
+* choose '''Change page number''' starting from '''1''' as in illustration 20
 <div style="overflow: hidden">
 <!--makes text to start after the picture-->
 [[File:wfs_may2014_020 page break.png|none]]
 </div>
-'''Illustration 20. Choose page style Default and restart numbering at 1'''
+'''Illustration 20. Applying page break'''
-* place your cursor immediately below your table of contents* go to menu '''Insert › Manual Break › Page break''' and choose '''Default Style'''; choose '''Change page number''' starting from '''1''' as in illustration 20
 * confirm '''OK'''
+So now you have two '''First Pages''' followed by '''Default Pages''' beginning with number '''1''' as in illustration 21.
 <div style="overflow: hidden">
 <!--makes text to start after the picture-->
 [[File:wfs_may2014_021-pages with_without numbering.png|none]]
 </div>
-'''Illustration 21. Between the first and second page we have a simple page break (Ctrl + Return); between second and third page we have a manual page break with numbering restarting at 1; thereafter we have automatic page breaks'''
+'''Illustration 21. Document containing two preliminary pages followed by numbered text pages'''
-It’s basically the same method we already came across in section 10 on group work in which we described how to use individual page styles for each author in a work group. Similarly you could create a “Roman” page style with Roman numbering instead of Arabic for a preface (see section 20).
 == Separate Document for the First Page? ==
-Now that you’ve seen how easy it is to insert simple page breaks using '''Ctrl + Return''' as well as to switch page styles and restart numbering using '''Manual Page Breaks''' it is quite obvious you don’t need separate documents for the different parts of your text. In fact, separate documents have a whole number of serious drawbacks:
+Now that you’ve seen how easy it is to insert simple page breaks using '''Ctrl + Return''' as well as to switch page styles and restart numbering using '''Manual Page Breaks''' it is quite obvious you don’t need separate files for the different parts of your thesis. In fact, separate files have a whole number of serious drawbacks:
-* you can easily loose track of which documents belong to each other on your hard disk
+* you’ll soon loose track of which files (title page, text, literature list etc.) belong to which on your hard disk
-* it makes it very difficult to create a single final PDF-document for publication or mailing purposes
+* you’ll find it difficult to create a single final PDF-document for publication or mailing purposes
-* most of the automation possibilities cannot be put to use
+* you loose the capacity to automatically create your table of contents and other indices
 <br />
 <br />
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-<p style="text-align:left;">[[Documentation/Writer for Students/MS-Word|< Previous Page]]</p>
+<p style="text-align:left;">[[Documentation/Writer for Students/Papers without a Title Page|< Previous Page]]</p>
-<p style="text-align:right;">[[Documentation/Writer for Students/Formatting Title Page|Next Page >]]</p>
+<p style="text-align:right;">[[Documentation/Writer for Students/Roman Page Numbering|Next Page >]]</p>
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