On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:05:49 +1100 Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote:
> > > On 13/12/17 3:22 AM, Robert Gordon wrote: > > Hello, I use openoffice for composing my manuscripts, and I've run into a > > problem with the page breaks. OpenOffice adds them after the first page > > without my asking, and even though I remove them in the paragraph settings, > > they constantly re-occur whenever I re-open the document. > > Removing from the paragraph setting is just one step. You have to make > sure that the AutoUpdate flag is set in the Organiser tab. > Then you also need to check that the paragraph has default settings > select the paragraph and go to Format -> Default Formatting. > > > Is there a way to > > stop OpenOffice from inserting page breaks permanently? > > No, you can't stop something that hasn't started, OpenOffice doesn't add > anything unless you tell it to do something. > > > > > PS: I've searched the forums and have not found a satisfactory answer. > > On forum this user posted a sample file in this thread https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=91567#p433946 It had been saved in .doc format and one paragraph style had been modified to force a page break, using page style Convert 1. Saving the file as .odt format removed the page break, but then resaving as .doc the unwanted page break reoccurred there was also a page style Convert 1 that could not be removed. Examination of the odt content.xml file showed some strange XML tags. Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
