Writer Guide

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.
For the title page, we can use the predefined First Page page style that
comes with OOo, and for the rest of the document, we can use the
Default page style.
Figure 235 shows the required flow of page styles. On the Organizer
page of the Default page style, leave the Next Style property set to
Default. On the Organizer page of the First Page style, make sure
that the Next Style property is set to Default.
Figure 235: Flow of page styles
General settings for the page style
The Page page of the Page Style dialog box is where you can control
the general settings of the page. The page shown in Figure 236
consists of three sections, plus a preview area in the top right corner.
In the Paper format section, you can specify the size of the paper
choosing from one of the many predefined formats. Selecting “user”,
you can use the Width and Height fields to define your own paper size.
If using a predefined format, select the orientation of the paper
between portrait and landscape. If your printer has more than one tray,
you can specify in the drop down menu the tray from which to print
pages in the new page style.
Use the Margins section to specify the size of the margins in your
preferred unit of measurement. If you select Mirrored margins in the
Page layout settings, the left margin becomes the Inner margin, while
the right margin becomes the Outer margin.
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