Re: [libreoffice-users] Automated table row numbering in Writer?

At 23:53 21/04/2017 -0400, Eddie Noname wrote:
> I am making tables in LibreWriter. The structure is one short column 
> with a couple of numbers, followed by one long column with 
> information that I type in. The individual rows are eventually cut 
> out and put into stamp albums.
>
> I've looked around for a "table row" field and I can't find one. One 
> of the numbers in the first column is sequential and will serve as a 
> page number after I stick that row into the album. It would be 
> wonderful if I could insert a field and have the rows number 
> themselves - especially for those times I go back and discover that 
> I left something out 50 rows before.
>
> If there is a way of doing that...is there then a way of assigning a 
> specific number to the first instance and letting it increment from there?

o Click just above your first column to select it. Alternatively, 
right-click in the column and go to Column > | Select.
o Open the Styles and Formatting window.
o Click the List Styles button at the top.
o Double-click one of the Numbering styles. (Try each to see which 
meets your needs.)
o If you don't want the trailing tab or full stop or whatever, 
right-click on the style name in the Styles and Formatting window and 
select Modify... . Use the Position and Options tabs to adjust the 
style to what you need.

You will notice that if you insert extra rows the numbering will 
adjust itself automatically - as you ask.

You say you want additional information in that first column - which 
you can indeed add. Alternatively, it may be easier to put this is an 
additional column.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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