Bug 133466 - Libreoffice - Writer - Footer - Default Style - page numbers with offset not working after some pages
Summary: Libreoffice - Writer - Footer - Default Style - page numbers with offset not ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 35694
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Blocks: Fields-Page-Number
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Reported: 2020-05-28 07:32 UTC by Pedro
Modified: 2024-03-25 13:55 UTC (History)
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Description Pedro 2020-05-28 07:32:54 UTC
Description:
Hi,
I'm writing a document in which page numbers are placed in the Footer.
With Edit Fields I set "offset" to 36 (my need). Without further configuration, from page 43 onwards the page number just got empty, although showing the grey zone of the field.
A previous document with pages 1..36 everything worked just fine.
I'm using Windows 10 Pro, and got:
Version: 6.3.6.2 (x64)
Build ID: 2196df99b074d8a661f4036fca8fa0cbfa33a497
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded
from Writer.
Thanks
Pedro

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert > Header and Footer > Footer > Default Style
2.(cursor on footer) Inert > Page Number
3.Right-click on page number (has a 1)
4.Set offset to 36 and close form

Actual Results:
Page number field in footer got grey without any number

Expected Results:
Should appear 37


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.3.6.2 (x64)
Build ID: 2196df99b074d8a661f4036fca8fa0cbfa33a497
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Dieter 2020-06-02 07:10:37 UTC
Pedro, as LO help says (but not very clear to me): "If you want to change the actual page number and not the displayed number, do not use the Offset value. To change page numbers, read the Page Numbers guide." [1]

So I guess your document 42 pages and that's the reason why page numbering stops at 43.

You can define page number with Insert => More Breaks => Manual Break, but not on the first page of you document. So I think it would be an enhancement request to start document with a customized page number. Do you agree and would this solve your problem?


[1] https://help.libreoffice.org/7.0/en-GB/text/swriter/01/04090001.html?System=WIN&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/FieldDocumentPage#bm_@@nowidget@@
Comment 2 Abhi 2020-06-20 21:47:15 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. I can not reproduce the bug in version 6.4.4.2 or 7.1.0.0.alpha0
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2020-06-25 13:49:39 UTC
(In reply to Dieter from comment #1)
> You can define page number with Insert => More Breaks => Manual Break, but
> not on the first page of you document. So I think it would be an enhancement
> request to start document with a customized page number. Do you agree and
> would this solve your problem?

Pedro: please respond.
Comment 4 Pedro 2020-08-01 11:45:12 UTC
Hi,

thanks for your support.

I'm upgrading to the new release and will test against this issue.

If I get the same issue in the new release too, I'll post a new case and refer to this.

For the moment, please close this case.

Thanks and kind regards
Pedro
Comment 5 Dieter 2020-08-01 11:50:11 UTC
(In reply to Pedro from comment #4)
> For the moment, please close this case.

Better to leave status to NEEDINFO, until you're able to test with a new release.
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2021-01-29 04:23:05 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2021-03-01 04:09:04 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Mike Kaganski 2024-03-25 13:55:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 35694 ***