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• Columns page: this page can be ignored unless the frame is being used for

text. The page is the same as is used to set up a page style, and its parameters

are described in the section “Columns page” on page 224.

• Macro page: sets a macro to use with the frame in order to trigger an action

when the user interacts with the frame. These options are useful only in an on-

line Writer or HTML document.

Working with page styles

Page styles control page properties (margins, page size, header and footers, among

others). However, unlike paragraphs, which can have directly applied properties,

pages only have a page style and no directly applied properties.

Christian is a lawyer from California, USA. For his letters, the first page

has his letterhead, and subsequent pages only identify the recipient, the

date, and the page number. Christian does this using page styles. He

also uses page styles to comply with the spacing requirements (such as

margins) for legal briefs in California State courts.

This section describes how to create a new page style, explains the meaning of some

of the options in the Page style dialog box, and illustrates their usage.

Creating a new page style

Unlike other styles, page styles can be created or modified only by using the Styles

and Formatting window. Open the Styles and Formatting window and click the Page

Styles icon . Right-click anywhere in the main window and select New.

The Page Style dialog box consists of the eight pages.

Figure 244: The tabbed pages for the Page Style dialog box

The next style property

As for the other styles, use the Next style property (described in “The Organizer

page” on page 202) to specify the style for the subsequent element of the category of

style you are working on. This property is particularly important for a page style, as

the following example demonstrates.

Setting up a title page

Consider a common scenario: you want the document to have a title page that is

different from the rest of the document:

• It should not have a header or page number.

• The left and right margins should be the same.

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