Page Numbering in Open Office
Inserting Page Numbering in Open Office can be done a few ways, one easy and correct way is to just add a footer and add page number. Ignore everything else if you are in a rush as the other ways involve sections and tables.
Index:
1st METHOD: FOOTER & PAGE NUMBER
2nd METHOD: SECTION & PAGE NUMBER
3rd METHOD: TABLE & PAGE NUMBER
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THE FOOTER - PAGE NUMBER - METHOD: 1
1. Place your mouse cursor at the bottom of the page and click it to be active on the page in the bottom left side.
2. In the top toolbar there is an option for "Insert" click it. See image below.
3. In the dropdown menu there is an option 8 spaces down for "Footer" and the only option named "Default" pops out, click it. In the bottom of the page this will create the footer bar on your page for the page number. You'll still need to add the page number now. This only creates an individual separate slim section box under the text box of your page. You can click inside of it. The box will not be visible when you print only the number and text if you add any.
6. In the new Footer section bar now on your page click your mouse inside of it, so the mouse cursor is actively blinking within it.
7. (Again) In the top toolbar go to the option "Insert" and click it.
8. In the dropdown menu there is an option 2 spaces down called "Fields" hover over it.
9. In the dropdown menu there is an option 3 spaces down for "Page Number" click it. This will insert the page number on your current page and all other pages.
10. To "center" the number go to the top middle options above the page and click the center justified option (it is the multiple stack of black lines) (or press Ctrl+E). See image below.
11. Now you will see a page number in the Footer section bar/box at the bottom of the page. You can type inside the Footer section box you created, so that it reads, "Page" or whatever text before or after the number, such as if you know your document is 10 pages long, you can insert "of 10" after the page number so each page counts up to "10 of 10." Just click in the box and type away it will carry over to all pages adding the current page number.
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It is also possible to accomplish this with a Section box, and can also be done with a "Table" instead of a "Section" but it doesn't populate on every page with a Section, only on the active page, as tested today. Using Footer is easiest.
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THE SECTION - PAGE NUMBER - METHOD: 2
OPTION NUMBER 2
Page Numbering in Open Office Using A Section Box
1. Place your mouse cursor in the bottom of the page and click it to be active on the page in the bottom left side.
2. In the top toolbar there is an option for "Insert" click it.
3. In the dropdown menu there is an option 5 spaces down for "Section" click it.
4. In the popup box in the top left reads "Section1" you can rename this to "Section1 Page Number" just because, in the bottom toolbar of Open Office if you clicked inside of the Section it will read the name you gave the Section in the bottom on the right middle side near those page icons.
5. In the bottom left of that popup click "Insert." This will create the section bar on your page.
6. In the new Section bar now on your page click your mouse inside of it, so the mouse cursor is actively blinking within it.
7. (Again) In the top toolbar there is an option for "Insert" click it.
8. In the dropdown menu there is an option 2 spaces down for "Fields" hover over it.
9. In the dropdown menu there is an option 3 spaces down for "Page Number" click it.
A. Now you will see a page number in the section bar/box at the bottom of the page. Center justify it by clicking in the top toolbar above the page on the stack of black lines or press Ctrl+E.
THIS METHOD DOES NOT CARRY OVER TO ALL PAGES, IT IS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH PAGE
B. To "center" the number go to the top middle options above the page and click the center justified option (it is the multiple stack of black lines) (or press Ctrl+E).
C. You can type inside the Section box you created, so that it reads, "Page" or whatever before or after the number, such as if you know you document is 10 pages long, you can insert "of 10" after the page number so each page counts up to 10 of 10.
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THE TABLE - PAGE NUMBER - METHOD: 3
BE THE SAME AS THE TOP "Section" method JUST ADD a "TABLE" INSTEAD OF SECTION.
Table is its own option in the top toolbar, and has a pop up that has options.
The difference between Table and Section is in the Section tool you can only split it into Columns since Section is only a flat single row, to do this it's in the tabs of that pop-up box select the "Columns" tab (shown below).
Now in the "Table" pop-up it is different and by default in columns and rows and comes as 4 sections, top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, and you can limit or expand on those.
Here is the Section Columns tab in the picture below.
Using "Section" and "Columns" is not ideal, it creates a "new name" for each new column in the section just like as it did in the pop up box name "Section1" before it again just adds a number to it like you are adding a section, but now you are adding more columns is all. It is not very easy to move around your mouse in a Section with Columns, (you can press TAB to skip to the next) so I'd suggest using the "Table" instead as it is easier to move around and if you really have a need for a tables worth of information to do and only use Section for simple things like Headers or end notes, foot notes you would be doing it correctly. Once you play with them some it is easy to know what's what.
Being in the last box of a Table and pressing Tab or Enter, creates an entire new row. Meaning its easier than having go into the options to create another row. Also something to look out for as you can accidentally create a new row.
In closing, you can use a Section for the top header of a legal document (if you were suing someone) and then under that use a Table to include the names of yourself and those you're suing and the court and case number, that is how a Table is useful. You can also see my post on "Page Line Numbering" as some courts require that. [LINK], once you have the names of everything add a Table not a Section and put a drop-line in it to make a line across the top of the page, it is in the Table pop up box tabs, a little page looking thing click the lower part of it and select the weight (thickness) of the line. I'll make a post on how to.
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