Help with Libre Office. Page Numbers.

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Hello.


I have what I consider a simple but pesky problem. I don't know how to add page numbers to a document in LibreOffice. What it does is place page number one on the first page, and then it doesn't put on the page numbers in the pages that follow. I need numbers on all my pages so that I know what page I'm on. When I had Microsoft Office Word, it would add page numbers to all pages automatically. I don't know why this one doesn't do the same thing.


May I get a little help? Thanks in advance
Maggie.
 

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My pleasure.

Open your document. Click on Insert in the top row of commands. A drop-down box appears and near its bottom is Headers and Footers. Depending on where you want your page number to appear, pick one. (I'm working this as I write, even though it took a minute to find a multi-page document without numbers.) This gets you a flashing cursor in the place where your header or footer will appear.

I chose header. Since I like my headers to include my last name and the title, I typed in Surname, TITLE, and a blank space after the second comma. I clicked on Insert again and then on Page Number, near the bottom. Voila!

The fact that you're getting a page number only on page one suggests that you may have inserted a section break, whether you meant to or not. Headers can change from one section to the next, including not having any, so if there is a section break, whatever header you have before it will not carry over after that break.

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Thank you so much!! I clicked on header, then I clicked on page number, and moved the page number to the right-hand side. Now all my pages have page numbers. You are amazing! This is why I always come here, because you guys always help me.

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I'm a total sucker for a happy ending. And a fairly low-tech person, so this worked out nicely for us both.
 

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I'm a total sucker for a happy ending. And a fairly low-tech person, so this worked out nicely for us both.

Yes, it did. You've helped me many times, so I'd say you know a lot. You are very intelligent and I appreciate you. :Thumbs:
 

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Aw, shucks!

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