Different Page Headers

I’m using different page headers, which aren’t saving - they default to a single header (right page) when I open anew. I was using .rft and have saved now as .odt. I’ve changed page styles and heading styles.

I read old posts where this was a known issue, am I missing something?

Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Win 10

Can you post a small two page example that still shows the problem? Replace text with some random text.
Cheers, Al

Do you mean post screenshots or type the example?

Not screenshots. File > Save a copy, delete most stuff from the copy and replace the remaining text with random text

This is the only time I’ve opened a document with different page headers and they’re present - there’s no page style reset.

test doc.odt (13.7 KB)

test doc 2 (test binary (typeset).odt) has a page style reset
test Binary (typeset).odt (25.8 KB)

In test doc.odt case, you configured Default Page Style to offer different headers on first, left and right page. Then if you did not explicitly enter a header in the first page, there is none (the headers for left and right pages won’t be copied on the first page because independence is requested).

The test Binary (typeset).odt is different. You still have a single Default Page Style but the document is plagued with direct formatting. Among others you manually inserted “ordinary” page breaks and I am not sure about which page variant is activated after these page breaks.

IMHO, you should think more deeply about the logical structure of your document to create the required “independent” page styles for your “independent” parts. Also, avoid direct formatting. You seem to embark for a large document with “internal consistency”. This calls for styles. And Default Paragraph Style is not a style to use routinely: it is there to define your preferred default attributes which are shared among all other styles.

The obsolete rtf format doesn’t support multiple different headers. With sample below, if you save as rtf you will lose headers.
The potential sample is based on yours but a wider gutter between pages might work better.
I am not sure what the frame on page 3 of the front matter is, or if it will make it to publication so have made the paragraph style just the same as the rest of the front matter.
I made some custom properties if you use them.
Just clicking in a paragraph and then pressing Ctrl+1 will create a new chapter using the paragraph as the title of the chapter.
test Binary (typeset)114237EA.odt (24.9 KB)

I’ve created a new document to act as my template, since most of the stories I’m printing (at home) will have nearly identical format - it’s a lot of copy/paste. I’m not sure where to start with Writer instructions for this. The first 2-3 pages are front matter, but using that style caused more confusion.

Typeset Template.ott (18.6 KB)

The text on page three is will be printed.