OpenOffice.org Writer: Add Page Numbers to Your Document

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Page numbers can be an important aspect of a large report, especially if you will be utilizing a Table of Contents or Index for your report. It is also useful to the reader if they need to reference the document or refer someone else to information within the report. To add page numbers to your document, follow these steps:


1. Click Format, and select Page.

2. Select the Footer tab.

3. Check the Footer on checkbox.

4. Click OK.

5. The footer will be inserted at the bottom of the page.

6. Click inside the footer.

7. Click Insert, mouseover Fields and select Page Number.

8. Use the text alignment buttons to properly align the page number on your document (left, center, or right).

9. Format the page number (font type, size, and color).

 

8 Comments -


  1. Adam said on December 12, 2008

    What about not starting with the first page?

  2. Jrock said on January 6, 2009

    Very cool. I had to add pages to a ~350 page document. Thought I’d have to do them all individually. :P

    Cheers!

  3. Lara said on January 22, 2009

    Thank you so much for this. It helped me alot &&

  4. Name said on December 8, 2009

    Thank you so much. This was by far the simplest description of how to add page numbers to a document in Open Office.

  5. Rajiva said on January 6, 2010

    Nice post. verry usefull :D

  6. Indian Art said on July 20, 2010

    Thanks, was very useful.

  7. Provenzano said on September 27, 2010

    Weird. How about an “insert page number” option like Word? Still useful, nice posting, thanks.

  8. Yomaira said on October 14, 2010

    Thank You so much! that was really helpful

 

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