Operation Manual

Restarting page numbering
Often you will want to restart the page numbering at 1, for example on the page following a title
page or a table of contents. In addition, many documents have the “front matter” (such as the table
of contents) numbered with Roman numerals and the main body of the document numbered in
Arabic numerals, starting with 1.
You can restart page numbering in two ways.
Method 1:
1) Place the cursor in the first paragraph of the new page.
2) Choose Format > Paragraph.
3) On the Text Flow tab of the Paragraph dialog (Figure 79 on page 99), select Breaks.
4) Select Insert and then With Page Style and specify the page style to use.
5) Specify the page number to start from, and then click OK.
Tip
Method 1 is also useful for numbering the first page of a document with a page
number greater than 1. For example, you may be writing a book, with each chapter
in a separate file. Chapter 1 may start with page 1, but Chapter 2 could begin with
page 25 and Chapter 3 with page 51.
Method 2:
1) Insert > Manual break.
2) By default, Page break is selected on the Insert Break dialog (Figure 83).
3) Choose the required page Style.
4) Select Change page number.
5) Specify the page number to start from, and then click OK.
Figure 83: Restarting page numbering after a manual page break
Changing page margins
You can change page margins in two ways:
• Using the page rulers—quick and easy, but does not have fine control
• Using the Page Style dialog—can specify margins to two decimal places
Note
If you change the margins using the rulers, the new margins affect the page style
and will be shown in the Page Style dialog the next time you open it.
Because the page style is affected, the changed margins apply to all pages using
that style.
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