How do I get pagedown to show the entire page?

[habadeer]

I am using version 6.0.7.3 of Writer and have set the view zoom to entire page. When I start on page 1 I see the entire page and when I press the pagedown key on my keyboard instead of displaying page 2 in its entirety I get the bottom 3rd of page 1 and the top 2 3rds of page 2.

What settings do I use to get my desired behavior?

Actual result:

Expected result:

Update: I have discovered that the Previous and Next Page toolbar buttons on the Navigator do what I want, but not the pageup, pagedown keys on the keyboard. So, based on this information, is there a way to get the pageup/pagedown keys to behave like the Previous and Next page toolbar buttons?

Update: It would seem I may be confused as to the functionality of the View Zoom Entire Page menu option. It seems that this is not a sticky setting. I have observed that pressing the pagedown key and then selecting View / Zoom / Entire Page again, gives me the result I am looking for. Perhaps there is no way to do this all from the pagedown / pageup button. I have included screenshots of the actual result and the desired result.

(Question edited by ajlittoz for inline image display)

[anon73440385]

The only thing I know of is using CTRL+G and to enter the page you want to go to.

[habadeer]

Oddly enough, even this seems to split the page I go to and not display it in its entirety as I would have expected from the View Zoom Entire Page setting.

[anon73440385]

Had tested on my system before made the comment

[habadeer]

I revised my question because I was concerned there might be some confusion as to what I am looking for. It is not only that the cursor goes to the top of the page as it does with your suggestion, but that the entire page is then displayed.

[habadeer]

One year later and now using version 6.4.6.2 and I still have not been able to figure this out. Word does this. Select View One Page and each press of the page down/up always shows the entire page, but I have been unable to figure out how to duplicate this functionality in Writer. Using Ctrl+G still moves the cursor to the top of the page but displays only the top half of the page and the bottom half of the previous page.

[shumphreys]

I came here looking for a solution for exactly the same issue and for the same reasons, so I thought I’d add my support for solving this. Looking over the text pages is difficult without being able to page up or down a full page at a time. It’s even more bothersome in two page view. (I find it easier to render to .pdf and check over the document in a .pdf reader.) There is a closed discussion on this topic from 2020, as well.

[MissingEscapement]

The best I found was to add, “To Begin of Previous Page,” and, “To End of Next Page,” to the toolbar then change their icons to < & > respectively. This isn’t perfect, but works well for pages full of text. A half-filled page or page with a single image will get partially page-downed, but going to the previous page works very well.

Tools>Customize>Toolbars>Search>type in a command name from above & select it from the results>Move it to the right panel using the arrows between the panels>Highlight that command>Modify>Change Icon>Ok>Ok

[LeroyG]

Add/replace keyboard shortcuts to To Previous Page (uno:GoToPrevPage) and To Next Page (uno:GoToNextPage), both in the category Navigate.