Bug 37642 - Writer page numbering offset not working
Summary: Writer page numbering offset not working
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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3.3.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: lowest minor
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Reported: 2011-05-26 12:38 UTC by Chris Peñalver
Modified: 2019-02-04 07:36 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Peñalver 2011-05-26 12:38:33 UTC 
Downstream bug may be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/118935

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in Writer is when one clicks Insert -> Field -> Page Numbers -> double click page number -> change offset from 0 to 6 -> OK button

-OR-

Insert -> Field -> Other -> Page -> Page Numbers -> Offset 6 -> Insert button

it shows the first Page Number object with 6 inside.

4) What happens instead is it shows a blank object.

WORKAROUND: click Format -> Paragraph -> Text Flow tab -> Insert checkbox checked -> With Page Style checkbox checked -> Page number combobox 6 -> OK button
Comment 1 Regina Henschel 2011-05-26 14:25:24 UTC 
The meaning of the offset is: Do not show the actual page number but show the number of the page, that is 6 pages ahead. And if there is no such page, then nothing it shown.
The offset does not change the actual page number and was never intended to do so.
Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2011-05-26 14:25:49 UTC 
No bug.
Comment 3 Mantas Kriaučiūnas 2014-04-28 14:02:31 UTC 
It seems there are no intuitive way to insert page numbers into text document with different starting number :(
LibreOffice developers, please change behavoir of Insert -> Field -> Other -> Page -> Page Numbers -> Offset to user-friendly.
Comment 4 retired 2014-04-29 09:56:28 UTC 
Just tested https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44689 and set that to "fixed" since it seems to work.

To offset a page number in LO you need at least as many pages in the document as which you want to offset.

worksforme:

* create writer document with 3 pages
* insert > Field (loose translation here!) > Page number
* double click page number
* enter correction (loose translation!) value of "1"

Page number should display 2 while inserted on first page

If you think this is bad behavior, please create a new bug with exact suggestions about what you would like to see improved and in what why that could be done.

Offset in general does work, so closing this very old bug.
Comment 5 peterpen 2019-02-04 07:36:30 UTC Comment hidden (spam)