Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about Writer - pages and page count.

Jay,

thank you for the suggestion but that is one way that doesn't work for 
me - because, I have to create a pdf which will be printed by a company 
that will also bind the book.

Within the pdf the back pages have to be blanks in order to be printed 
correctly.

On 18.01.2012 00:08, Jay Lozier wrote:
> Sylvia,
>
> On 01/17/2012 05:55 PM, Sylvia Schmidt wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm trying to create a layout for my thesis in Writer. I know how to 
> > work (reasonably well) with page/paragraph styles.
> >
> > My problem is this: I have to hand in my thesis with only one side of 
> > the page printed, the back has to be blank.
> I would modify the default style with correct margins, footers, and 
> styles I need. I suspect you have a different left and right margin, 
> once this is set it will be the same for all pages. The page numbers 
> will be correct and you will not need to modify them for printing. 
> When you print you should be able print using your printer defaults 
> for one-sided printing.
>
> Under Format>>Page using the Page tab you can set your margins as 
> needed. For example in the US the left margin is often 1.5 inches with 
> all the other margins set to 1 inch for a thesis.
>
> > I thought I cloud cheat by only using right page styles, because 
> > Libre inserts a blank page when two even or odd page follow one 
> > another. But these blank pages change my page count. It is true that 
> > I actually have more pages than the written ones but it shouldn't 
> > show in my page number.
> You do not need to use right page styles.
> > I tried correcting the page number - but I can't figure out how. With 
> > each new page the number of blank pages increases - so the fifth page 
> > should have the page number 3 (3 written pages plus two blank ones) 
> > while the ninth page should have the page number 5 (5 written pages 
> > plus 4 blanks).
> >
> > Is there an easier way to accomplish my goal? Or does anybody have an 
> > idea how I can correct my page number/count?
> >
> > Any hints would be appreciated! Thank you for your time!
> >
> > Regards
> > Sylvia

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