Insert page numbers in OpenOffice Writer. You can use the left, center, or right align buttons in the toolbar to set where the page number shows.
If I were to discuss all the ways OpenOffice uses Fields, you might fall out of your chair asleep before you’d finished reading. OpenOffice uses something they call Fields to handle page numbers. You should now see the Insert toolbar added to the existing toolbars at the top of OpenOffice.
Here’s how to make the Insert toolbar available. So that you can follow along with the instructions, we want to be sure the Insert toolbar is visible in OpenOffice Writer.
In this tutorial we’ll stick with methods that work on Macs and Windows computers. That option is not available for the footer in OpenOffice for Windows or for the header on either Macs or Windows computers. The default methods of inserting a page number aren’t always the same between the header and footer.įor the curious, in OpenOffice Writer for Macs, fields can be inserted in the footer via the right-click menu. Just as you saw in the header, you should see another lightly bordered rectangle inserted below the content area of your document. You should see a lightly bordered rectangle that has been added above the content area of your document.
The first thing to understand about page numbers in OpenOffice Writer is that you can insert them almost anywhere.