I cannot make page numbers start at a high number (I wanted 165). I can offset it up to 5, but anything above that and nothing happens at all—the OK button won't even press. Operating System: Mac OS X Version: 4.0.4.2 release
Matthew: please provide a detailed stepbystep description on how to reproduce this problem.
I clicked on insert field, I think it has the option for other under which you can select page number which give you a the option for "offset" which would only accept 1-5. I wanted to put in 165. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:13 PM, <bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org> wrote: > *Comment # 1 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67083#c1> on bug > 67083 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67083> from James<spam35@gmx.net> > * > > Matthew: please provide a detailed stepbystep description on how to reproduce > this problem. > > ------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > - You reported the bug. > >
Matthew, please use a browser to reply. Otherwise replies will show up with crazy formatting. Tried reproducing with LO 4.1.0.3, OS X 10.8.4. Steps to reproduce: * Open LO writer * move to bottom of page * click into document so the blue footer option will show * click the "+" * then via menu "insert" > second entry from top then > page number http://cl.ly/image/1j1w3b133D28 * page number "1" shows as expected * mark and then right click that grey box in which "1" appears and select "feldbefehl" (not sure of the english translation) http://cl.ly/image/331C3L441V2J * enter a digit in the correction field http://cl.ly/image/2a260W0u2d0G expected: page number 3 should show up current: page number gets removed and nothing is showing. This already seems like a bug, so setting to NEW. Unsure how to test this with bigger numbers. Maybe I did sth wrong, if so, please elaborate in detailed steps on how to reproduce.
After: * Open LO writer * move to bottom of page * click into document so the blue footer option will show * click the "+" try to do this: * Insert/Fields/Other (CTRL+F2) * Pick 'Set page variable', set 'selection' to 'on', and enter an offset, confirm with 'Insert' * Pick 'Show page variable', click 'Insert' , and 'Close' Now you should see a page number which is one higher than the given offset. I don't know what should happen when you right-click on a page-number, and than pick 'Fields', but i does not seem to work for what you want it to do.
The helps says " Enter the offset value that you want to apply to a page number field, for example "+1". " However in 4.1.0 rc3 the highest number shown is the number of pages. E.g. field + offset +1 in a page header one page > result on page one = empty two pages > result on page one = 1 > result on page two = empty Testing on Linux. LO 3.3.0 is working correct for me, so somewhere in between (to be tested) the regression started.
*** Bug 61701 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Cor, i'm not seeing this working in LO 3.3.4 on Linux. in fact it appears to be broken since the oldest version i've tried, OOo 3.0.1. so it does not appear to be a regression.
Hi Michael, (In reply to comment #7) > in fact it appears to be broken since the oldest version i've tried, OOo > 3.0.1. > > so it does not appear to be a regression. Indeed. Testing again with a new file in 3.3.0, it does not work correctly. (maybe I was confused by the many different versions/tests... dunno, Appologies!)
Tested on Windows XP SP3 32 bits with LibreOffice 4.0.5: The page number offset only works if the document actually has the resulting page number.
i.e., if the document has 30 pages and the offset results in a page number from 1 to 30, it works. If the offset results in a page number from 0 to any negative integer, or from 31 and up, the page number field is empty.
I can confirm this bug appears since "BrOffice/3.3$Win32 LibreOffice_project/330m19$Build-202", because of the "<meta:generator>" tag inside an old test document I created, but didn't filed the bug until today when I was going to do that and found this bug. This bug is not only for the #page# field, but also for the #count# field: On a document with 2 pages, on the 1st page the first paragraph is formatted to insert a page break before it, renumbering the page to 0; the #page# field will be null/empty (shouldn't be 0?) and the #count# field will be 3 (shouldn't it be 2, as there is only 2 pages?). On the same document with 2 pages, on the 2nd page the first paragraph is formatted to insert a page break before it, renumbering the page to 1; the #page# field will be 1 (correct) and the #count# field will be 3 (again, shouldn't it be 2?) On the same document with 2 pages, on the first paragraph on both pages, if it is formatted to insert a page break before it renumbering, for example, to 9, the #page# field will be 9 (correct), but the #count# field will still be 3! My doubt is: Shouldn't the total pages field (#count# field) be the real pages on the document? One can say we can put any number we want, but if we are using offsets/renumberings to the #page# field, shouldn't the #count# reflect the offset/renumbering or, at least, have a choice to offset it?
It is no bug, but the desired behavior as defined in the specification. <quote> 19.845.2 <text:page-number> The text:page-adjust attribute specifies an adjustment of the value of a page number field, in order to display of page numbers of following or preceding pages. The specified value is added to the current page number. If a page with the resulting page number does not exist, no number is displayed. </quote> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.html#__RefHeading__1419094_253892949 I suggest, resolve to "NOTABUG".
I'm not a programmer. I can't follow all this. But the last commenter does not explain how this is not a bug. I cannot renumber pages the way I can in any other word processor. How is that intentional? I go where I should be able to, I put in the offset, and it doesn't work. That's what I call a bug.
You should ask on the user mailing list or in the forum how to get a new page number in LibreOffice. Here only a short description: Go to the page where you want to start the new numbering. Set the cursor top left in the text area. Right-click and choose item "paragraph...". On dialog page "Text Flow" in section "Breaks" check "Insert" and "With Page Style". Then enter the new number in field "Page number".
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 35694 ***