Page numbering

[Cplaw]

I prepare legal estate plans consisting of multiple forms in a single file. Each new form within the single file must begin at “Page One”

I am currently using a program which permits this by one simple command. It takes a few seconds to reset the number back to page one.

So far, I have not found any such function in libreoffice. In fact, it doesn’t seem you can get there from here.

I’d appreciate any help with this.

[ajlittoz]

To get decent help, edit your question to provide more “technical” details:

• LO version and OS name
• format under which your file is saved
• how the forms have been built
• structure of your file: how do you format it? manually or with styles?
• the purpose of the file: a “frozen” document or one meant to be filled in by some user/customer
• any information you think could help contributors to understand the issue

Attaching an example would be a good idea.

Please do not use Add Answer but edit your original question to enhance the details of your question (answers are reserved for solutions to a problem on this Q&A site).

[keme]

The first idea that springs to my mind is to change the text flow settings for Heading 1 paragraph style:

• Insert page break before
• Restart page numbering on 1

See attached sample file.

You then start your new form by pressing ctrl+1 (or cmd+1 if you are working in MacOS).

This will start the new form with a heading line. If you don’t need that, or you need to fix old documents, @anon87010807’s suggestion may be easier.

[Cplaw]

Thank you so much! I will try this.

[anon87010807]

You can do that very easily: put the cursor in the first line/paragraph of the page. Then Format - Paragraph - Text Flow tab. Below Breaks, tick Insert, With page style and Page number, then enter 1 in the relevant box. Repeat for all pages where you have to restart page numbering.

[Cplaw]

Thank you so much. I really want to use Libre and this would probably make it possible!