[libreoffice-users] Re: Document Page Numbering Problems

Brian,
Thanks for your information. First, let me say that the reason I'm doing it this way is that I'd 
been using an older computer in which I had Windows XP. I bought a new computer and the technician 
suggested using Libreoffice (free of charge) software for writing, etc. Well, my old files were 
written in Microsoft Word. So, I now wanted to use the Libreoffice Writer software to make changes 
in the manuscripts. This was where I encountered the problem. 
So far as eliminating the footer (page numbers) is concerned, I'd have no idea how to do this, but 
it now appears that it's a moot issue, because I got so fed up with Libreoffice that I downloaded 
some fairly pricey Microsoft software that I've already (as of this afternoon) started using. It 
works beautifully -- smoothly, efficiently, and like a charm. 
Thanks anyway for offering to help with the Libreoffice matter. No better than I am in 
computer-land, I need some very efficient software that assumes only minimal computer expertise. It 
looks as if Microsoft is willing to provide that -- in the event that we're willing to pay for it. 
Joseph  
 

     On Friday, December 5, 2014 12:38 PM, Brian Barker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] 
<ml-node+s969070n4131625h74@n3.nabble.com> wrote:
   

  At 10:03 05/12/2014 -0700, Joseph Schrock wrote:
> I'm using Libreoffice Writer now. I'd created a document in 
> Microsoft Word earlier. Then I got Libreoffice software, and when I 
> use my manuscript file to save as another file (in Libreoffice), the 
> page numbering screws up. When there are 3 digits in a page number, 
> it puts the first 2 digits on a line and the third digit below that. 
> That's messed up.

Indeed it is! And since that is not the way that LibreOffice Writer 
behaves, the question is: why have you done it that way?

> How can I correct this?

That depends on exactly how you have contrived to create the problem. 
Microsoft Word has some fancy ways of formatting a page number in a 
header or footer, some of which will not even save in its older .doc 
file format. Have you perhaps used one of those? In any case, it 
seems likely that the space available for your page numbers is too 
small, so that the text flows naturally to another line when 
necessary. You may well find that simply reducing the font size of 
the page numbers will solve the problem. Alternatively you may be 
able to expand the frame, table cell, or whatever is restricting the text.

In any case, it would be a matter of only a few moments to remove the 
existing page numbers (and perhaps the header or footer) and then 
re-create them using LibreOffice's own facilities.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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