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Figure 142: Set the new page number
to 1 and the page style to Default.
Note
You cannot assign an odd page number to a left page or an
even page number to a right page. OOo strongly adheres to
the convention that odd page numbers go on right-hand pages
and even page numbers on left-hand pages.
This change is also reflected on the status bar. The Page section of the
status bar now includes both the total page count and the entry of the
page number field.
Figure 143: Page number in the status bar
Problems with restarting page numbering
Restarting page numbering may lead to two problems.
• The Statistics page in the document’s Properties (File >
Properties) always displays the total number of pages in the
document, which may not be what you want to appear in the Page
Count field.
• When page numbering is restarted, OOo always makes odd-
numbered pages to be on the right and even-numbered pages to
be on the left. It does this by inserting a blank page, if necessary.
Sometimes this blank page is not desired, particularly when
creating PDFs or when printing single sided.
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