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Using page styles and page numbering
This works as illustrated in the following flowchart (Figure 32).
Figure 32 Flow of page styles.
Manual page breaks
The previous section discussed the Next Style property. This feature is enough for projects
with straightforward pagination requirements (for example, reports, letterheads, and small
books). But more complex projects require more control over page styles. Manual page
breaks provide this control.
The idea is simple: you break a sequence of page styles, and start a new sequence. To insert a
page break, go to Insert > Manual Break and choose page break. This section illustrates
three scenarios where page breaks are useful.
Example: Chapters
You are writing a book that is divided into chapters. Each chapter starts with a page style
called New Chapter. The following pages alternate between Right Page and Left Page. At
the end of the chapter, we return to New Chapter, for the next chapter.
OOo doesn’t have a New Chapter style, so you must create a custom style (see page 9). Let’s
suppose that you already have the page styles with the following properties:
New Chapter
Next Style: Right Page
Right Page
Next Style: Left Page
Left Page
Next Style: Right Page
This can be seen visually in the flowchart in Figure 33.
Figure 33 Flow of page styles.
Introduction to Styles 22
Front
Page
Right
Page
Left
Page
New
Chapter
Right
Page
Left
Page