Description: As it is, the user has to go through a very non-intuitive way to set up custom page numbering. There should be an option within the page numbering menu to set up the document in such a way that it starts with a custom number, say, 5 or 10. Then, further customization can be set up withing the page breaks menu. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Menu insert > page number 2.Set up page number 3.Document now starts at page number 1 Actual Results: Document started at page 1, which is as it should be, but there's no clear path to set it up so that I can use a custom page number. I had to Google to find out how to do it via page breaks, which is an option buried within the formatting window. Expected Results: There should be an option for the user to set up: page numbering starting at custom number. Then further customization can be done using page breaks. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 24.2.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 420(Build:2) CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); UI: pt-BR Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.5-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 Calc: threaded
All Writer page numbering enhancement requests: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=enhancement&component=Writer&product=LibreOffice&resolution=---&short_desc=page%20number&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr
Insert > Page Number + double-click on the variable to change the offset... not too difficult. But we could add the offset to the PN dialog. OTOH, there are different ways to insert the PN and we cannot ease every. WF? If the PN'ing per page is problematic, you may join the discussion on bug 153259 "Add option "Include in page counting" to the page style to allow excluding pages from the total number".
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > But we could add the offset to the PN dialog. OTOH, there > are different ways to insert the PN and we cannot ease every. WF? No further comment, resolving WF.