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When defining the Page format, the footer checkbox 'Same on first page' is always clear, and any change to that does not reappear when the Page format tab is reopened.  OTOH, the footer is always shown on the frst page, just as on all right-hand pages.

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Only one (the smallest) of my documents now shows the first page header clear - the other changed to show a first page header on opening the document.

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It's my *impression* (now unverifiable) that some of the documents in question shpowed a first page header when in thumbnail, where others only changed after opening.

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An old copy (pre-v.5) of one of my larger documents still does not show a first page header, even after opening.  ANd I still can't see any difference to account for the variation in behaviour.

Further editing shows that changing the start page number fixes the problem in any particular instance - even if changing it back again immediately.

It does *not* seem to fix the footer 'same on first page' symptom, though the application is _behaving_ as though that box is checked.

So the problem is fixable at edit time; and probably doesn't arise unless the start page is not the default '1'.

And (I hope a last observation), checking the foooter 'same on first page' box causes the header 'same on first page' to be checked, and the right page header to be copied in to the first page, at least where the start page has not been changed.

I forbear to open a new bug report, because it all seems to be the same can of worms ...

I am unable to set First page style and right page style in the same document. Please give steps for reproducing.

Page style remains constant - page header is set for left/right/first pages by
Format / Page / Header
and blanking the 'Same content left/right' checkbox, 
and also blanking the 'Same content on first page' checkbox.

I have determined that starting with a page number greater than 1 triggers the problem (Format / Paragraph / Text flow / Page number).

Some background repagination is fighting the initial setting, when changing the start page number enables the first page header to be cleared - so for example a CLI convert to PDF resets the header on the first page when the ODT's last state was clear.

Thanks for steps, but I could not reproduce.
For some reason, though, I got a crash on reload after save.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 5.0.2.2 (x64)
Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)

Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 25de5cfa43b2b1cb7d7214470acc7719839e13fe
TinderBox: Win-x86@62-merge-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-10-01_08:49:54
Locale: en-US (fi_FI)

Ok, the crash is bug 91789

The document obviously needs to be of a reasonable size; but I get the problem on a 4-page document just as on a 100-page one, and consistently.  Simple navigation triggers the problem - besides trying export to PDF, try CTRL-END/CTRL-HOME.

Thanks for the info on the crash tendency.  I found that on 5.0.1.2, but it is worse on 5.0.2.2 - just not consistent enough to report ...

Created attachment 119239 [details]
From an open-source Project Gutenburg 'Alice in Wonderland', saved as ODT

This file was set up with First/Right/Left page headers, and start page 11, and closed.
Open file, first page now already has 'Right page header', with no need to edit or navigate! 
Change start page number - header on first page is now a first page header *and the text has auto-reset to 'First page header'*, which I hadn't seen before, because my 'start pages' had a blank header.
Save/Close - re-open - back to first page being a 'Right page header' again.

This problem only discovered because a failure in creating a master file (see bug report 94690) meant that chapters had to have page-numbers set correctly before PDF creation, with chapter-PDFs being stitched together subsequently.

As with 94690 and 94437, Writer files seem to hold old discarded text, and resurrect it - in this case innocuously, but in other other cases very unwontedly.

(In reply to Bernard Moreton from comment #9)
> Change start page number

How do I do this?

Put cursor in first paragraph of text (not in the header!),
then Format/Paragraph/Text flow
and change the page number (use odd numbers for mirror page layout)
HTH?

(In reply to Bernard Moreton from comment #11)
> Put cursor in first paragraph of text (not in the header!),
> then Format/Paragraph/Text flow
> and change the page number (use odd numbers for mirror page layout)
> HTH?

Ok, I modified the page number in the settings for "CHAPTER I. Down the Rabbit-Hole".
No matter what I change it to, 0, 2, 10, 12, the first page becomes blank (it even says "blank page") and the headers are otherwise correct.

I suggested using odd numbers, not even ones!  What I was getting with this example was 
(a) a bad start on opening the document, with the First page showing as a Right page header,
(b) a good reset after changing the start page number, so that the first page got a first page header (and that as the text, because I put it there in the first place), but
(c) after Saving and Closing in a good header state, then on Openig again, the first page immediately reverted to be a Right page header (again with that as the text).

If you're not getting the same behaviour for (a), (b), and (c), then (as Alice would say), curiouser and curiouser ...  I'm getting this consistently, with any document I use, except that where I set the first page header as blank, then I have to manually blank it after (b).

(In reply to Bernard Moreton from comment #13)
> I suggested using odd numbers, not even ones!  

Argh, sorry about that! Now I could reproduce what you said in comment 9.
I put 13 as the breaks page number in Text flow and first page header text changed to "First page header".
Save & reload reset the text back to "Right page header".

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 5.0.2.2 (x64)
Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)

The problem still exists in 5.2.3.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
where the first header in the example is shown in a dropdown box as 'First page header', and subsequent right headers as 'Right page header' - but changing the first still changes all the right page headers. Bad problem!

The problem no longer appears on LO 5.4.2.2, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Version: 5.4.2.2
Build ID: 1:5.4.2~rc2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1~lo2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); Calc: group