On 06/10/16 8:47 AM, John Hart wrote:
On 10/5/2016 10:30 AM, toki wrote:
Look at the page style for Chapter 1. It should be_Right Page_.
1. A right click on the first page of chapter 1 brings up a menu.
2. Towards the bottom of the menu is Edit Paragraph Style.
3. Is this the right place to make the change?
The Organizer tab shows:
Name, Pre formatted text, which can't be changed.
Next style, Pre formatted text, and the pop down menu has many
selections,
none close to "Right Page"
Linked with, Default, and the pop down menu has a similar but different
list of selections, none close to "Right Page"
From what I understand, styles are associated with paragraphs, not pages,
The problem is that you don't read the answers given already to you. for
example Rory said in one of his many answers :
One can certainly edit a style after it is used. The best way to to this
(works for all versions) is to use /Format /Styles and Formatting (or F11 key).
The window that then opens provides access to all styles; this access is
controlled by the five icons across the top of that window.
Please note Rory talks about All Styles and Five Icons the documentation
referred in replies from others explain all of this.
and style changes propagate in some magic way that makes them work if
they
are placed correctly in an underlying structure by a myriad of tools
who's
use is NOT intuitively obvious.
All I wanted to do was put a title page, and table of contents in
front of a multi file document that prints exactly as it needs to. Why
this is so complex, in what is supposed to be a mature software
package used by millions is hard to under stand. If volunteers at OO
want their project to succeed they need to stop adding features, and
make it easy for first users to do something productive with the
software without having to learn a bunch of
intricate complexities.
Creating a document is the easy part, formatting a document and make it
attractive to read is an art which requires
time and effort to master.
This is the structure
text1, when empty, prints correct
file1, prints correct
file2, prints correct
text2, empty
The question: What needs to go in text1 in what order to make it work.
The real question is are you willing to put some effort in yourself.
If files can be linked into text1, than all that would be in it is the
commands to make the styles put the Title Page, and Contents page in
front of file1, and start the page numbering with one.
In user friendly software, this should take about ten minutes,
not ten hours.
jrh
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