
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
Under Format > Page > Page, one can select the page layout “mirrored”. This lets the user
define an inner and an outer margin for the text. The left and right pages of the main text
often have different Page Styles so that, for example, the left pages have a header, but the
right ones do not. There are already Left page and Right page Page Styles provided for use;
so use these instead of Main text. The first page of the main text is page 1 and contains the
Right page Style; assign the Left page Style as the Next Style and vice versa. These Styles
can be assigned to the corresponding pages in the Styles and Formatting window context
menu with the Modify command. On the Organizer tab page, choose the Next Style.
Caution: There is an active issue that inserts blank pages where one
least expects them. If this is a problem, please use the workaround at
page 454
Editing Page Styles
The new Main text Page Style can have a page number in the middle of the footer. To make
it so, do the following:
1. Select Main Text in the Styles and Formatting window, right click to open the context
menu and select Modify.
2. The paragraph Style dialogue window opens to display the definitions for Main Text.
3. Click the Footer tab.
4. Check the Footer on box.
5. Click OK which places an empty footer on the document page.
6. Click the mouse cursor in the footer area of the page to enter data.
7. Choose Insert > Fields > Page Number. If View > Field Shadings is enabled, the page
number appears in a gray field otherwise with no shading.
8. To have “Page” precede the page number, place the cursor in front of the field and enter
“Page”.
9. Click the Centred icon on the object bar to centre the current paragraph.
10.The appearance of the footer and its contents are now defined.
Page Breaks as Paragraph Formats
In the first paragraph of the main text, direct paragraph formatting was automatically applied,
determining that the text automatically begins on the new Page 1. This will also apply if no
text exists after the manual break on the new page. To check this for the first paragraph after
the manual break, choose Paragraph... from the context menu (not Edit Paragraph Style,
since this is a direct formatting attribute for a paragraph).
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