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Setting up basic page layout using styles

In Writer, page styles define the basic layout of all pages, including page size,

margins, the placement of headers and footers, borders and backgrounds, number of

columns, and so on.

Writer comes with several page styles, which you can build on or modify, and you can

define new (custom) page styles. You can have one or many page styles in a single

document.

Note

All pages in a Writer document are based on styles. If you do not specify

a page style, Writer uses the Default page style.

To change the layout of individual pages, either define a new page style or use one of

the techniques (sections, frames, or tables) described later in this chapter.

This chapter describes some uses of page styles. Some other uses are discussed in

Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles). The Page Style dialog box is covered in detail in

Chapter 7 (Working with Styles).

Tip

Any modifications of page styles, including the Default page style,

apply only to the document you are working on. If you want the

changes to be the default for all documents, you need to put the

changes into a template and make that template the default template.

See Chapter 10 (Working with Templates) for details.

Inserting a page break without switching the style

In many documents (for example, a multi-page report), you may want the text to flow

from one page to the next as you add or delete information. Writer does this

automatically, unless you override the text flow using one of the techniques described

earlier.

If you do want a page break in a particular place, for example, to put a heading at the

top of a new page, here is how to do it:

1) Position the cursor in the paragraph you want to be at the start of the next

page. Right-click and choose Paragraph in the pop-up menu.

2) On the Text Flow page of the Paragraph dialog box (Figure 104), in the Breaks

section, select Insert. Do not select With Page Style.

3) Click OK to position the paragraph at the start of the next page.

Figure 104: Inserting a manual page break

Defining a different first page for a document

Many documents, such as letters and reports, have a first page that is different from

the other pages in the document. For example, the first page of a letterhead typically

has a different header, as shown in Figure 105, or the first page of a report might

have no header or footer, while the other pages do. With Writer, you can define the

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