Description: Each chapter is a new document and I have Page X of Y in the footer of the page. Let's say chapter 3's first page is Page 4 of Y. I change the page number offset to 3 and it works correctly for Pages 4 to 7, then on pages 8 to 10 it just shows a half width light grey field box/placeholder but no number. Printing or exporting to pdf still shows the blank page number for pages 8 to 10. Happens in other files having different amount of pages. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create document with a few pages 2. Create default footer 3. Insert -> Field -> page number 4. Open fields dlg (ctrl + F2), select Page number and change the offset to 1 less than what the first page should be 5. Insert new number in footer. (Can delete the old number) 6. Scroll to last pages and verify the new number wasn't inserted OR 1. As above from step 1 to 3 2. Right click on the page number and select Edit field 3. Change the offset to one less than the desired first page 4. Scroll to last pages and verify the new number wasn't inserted Actual Results: Page 4 to 7 shows page number, page 8 to 10 doesn't Expected Results: All pages to show their respective numbers Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: All pages to show their respective numbers
Offset is not designed to change the current page number. Instead, it is designed to point to a page several pages before or after the current. As such, when there is no page that many pages from the current, there's nothing to show as its number. If you need to define the current page number, please use the paragraph properties, as explained at FAQ [1]. Closing NOTABUG. [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Writer/104
Please search before reporting, many duplicates on this one from bug 35694.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 35694 ***