
Chapter 14: Troubleshooting Common Problems
How get the page count to not count a title page?
Or How do I offset the page count?
If one has a title page or cover page in the document, Writer's "page count" field still counts
those pages and will be too high.
Unfortunately, there is no way tooffset the "page count" field. Thususing a formula, instead,
will insert the proper page count. Here's the procedure:
1. Place the cursor whereto insert the offset page count (perhaps in teh header).
2. Press the F2 key to bring up the formula bar. Type in the formula "=page - 1" (the
"=" will already be in there). The "page" variable is the number of pages in the
document, not the page currently selected. Subtract the number of pages that should
not be counted in the page count (in this example, 1, for a title page).
3. Press the Enter key to insert the formula.
4. Choose Tools > Update > Fields from the menu (or press F9) to force the formula to
refresh. (Otherwise, the page count formula will just be 0.)
5. To edit this formula again later, place te cursor immediately before the formula, and
press F2.
Note: Every time the page count changes, refresh the formula again.
What to do when document prints or exports with blank pages
This is issue is affected by the book-centric paradigm of left/right, even/odd pages that is so
deeply ingrained into OpenOffice.org that it applies even when using nothing but the
Default page style.
1. Create a Title page style from Defaultor First Page.
2. Lay out the Title page however it needs to look .
3. Next, select Insert > Manual Break.. and specify Next Style as "First Page",
numbered 1. This results in the phantom page which the following steps will correct.
4. Select the Styles and Formatting window and modify the First page style layout to be
"Left Only".
5. The status bar will now show "Page 1 2/2", which is what is wanted. The page style
following First Page is default and the page numbering will proceed without surprises
from there.
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