Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

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From: Jean Hollis Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Fri, 13 May, 2011 9:53:27
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Complex page styles for book layout

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 20:53 -0700, rdb wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>
> I am trying to set up a template for a book, but I am struggling to find a
> way to set up the page styles to make them conform to the publisher's style
> sheet. Here is what they are asking for:

<snip> ... </snip>


> has two different page numbering systems, one with Roman and one with Arabic
> numerals, with different styles for left and right pages
> allows the first page of each chapter to have no header at all
> allows that first page to occur on a left and a right page
> allows for one-page chapters
>
> Ideally, I'd like to accomplish all this in a reasonably elegant way,
> without splitting up all my styles into substyles. Anybody knows how that
> would work?


I'll expand upon my previous answer. Don't use Left Page/Right Page if
the only difference is that margins are mirrored and the info in headers
and/or footers is different. Use a mirrored page style instead. Then the
lefts and rights will take care of themselves when they follow a first
page style. You can set the First Page style to be "left and right" (it
defaults to right only).

Jean


Hi :)
Sorry!  My bad.  I didn't realise LibreOffice could do all the stuff that was 
required.  At work they are trying to use Word in a very inelegant way to 
produce a newsletter.  With only 16pages and only a small handful of pictures 
the machines grinds to a very wobbly almost halt.  They have been talking about 
buying a DTP to do the work (even tho there are better OpenSource 
alternatives).  So, if the problem is likely to be their inelegance and if LO 
might be able to do the job better than they manage in Word then it would be 
great for me to explore the option.
Apols, thanks and regards from
Tom :)

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