Preliminaries: Fields

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 4: Formatting Pages

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• Introduction
• Choosing a Layout Method
• Setting up Basic Page Layout Using Styles
  • Inserting a Page Break without Switching the Style
  • Defining a Different First Page for a Document
  • Changing Page Orientation within a Document
    • Setting Up a Landscape Page Style
    • Inserting a Landscape Page into a Portrait Document
• Changing Page Margins
• Using Columns to Define the Page Layout
  • Defining the Columns on a Page
    • Specifying the Number of Columns
    • Formatting Column Width and Spacing
    • Formatting Separator Lines
    • Reverting to a Single-Column Layout
  • Changing the Number of Columns for Existing Text
  • Distributing Text Across Columns
• Using Frames for Page Layout
  • Creating Frames
  • Moving, Resizing, and Changing Frame Attributes
  • Anchoring Frames
  • Linking Frames
  • Other Frame Options
• Using Tables for Page Layout
  • Example: Creating Sideheads Using Tables
• Using Sections for Page Layout
  • Creating Sections
    • Naming Sections
    • Linking Sections
    • Write Protecting Sections
    • Password Protecting Sections
    • Hiding Sections
    • Formatting a Section into Columns
    • Indenting the Section from Margins
    • Changing the Background of the Section
    • Customizing Footnotes and Endnotes in a Section
  • Saving a New Section
  • Editing and Deleting Sections
    • Deleting Sections
    • Editing Section Attributes
    • Editing the Format of a Section
• Updating Links
  • Updating Links Automatically
  • Updating Links Manually
• Creating Headers and Footers
  • Formatting Headers and Footers
  • Portrait Headers on Landscape Pages
• Numbering Pages
  • Preliminaries: Fields
  • Preliminaries: Insert and Format a Header
  • Simple Page Numbering
  • Combining Header Text and Page Number
  • Changing the Number Format
  • Numbering the First Page Something Other than 1
  • Numbering Pages by Chapter
  • Restarting Page Numbering
    • Example: Restart Page Numbering: a Preface
  • Problems with Restarting Page Numbering
    • Solving the page count problem
  • Numbering Portrait and Landscape Pages
• Defining Borders and Backgrounds
  • Adding a Border
  • Adding Color to the Background
  • Adding a Graphic to the Background
  • Deleting Color or Graphics from the Background

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Preliminaries: Fields

OpenOffice uses fields to manage page numbers. To insert a page number field, position the cursor where you want to insert the number and choose Insert → Fields → Page Number. The page number appears with a gray background. The gray background denotes a field.

The gray background is simply there to denote a field. This background is not printed. If you wish to turn this feature off, choose View → Field Shadings (or press  Ctrl  +  F8 .

The page number field always displays the page number for the page where it is placed. If you see the words “Page number” instead of a number, press  Ctrl  +  F9 . This shortcut key toggles AOO between displaying the field’s contents (what the field is for) and the field’s results (what the field creates).

For a full introduction to fields, see Chapter 14 (Working with Fields).