Page 3 in the footer on page 3 is 1 not 3 and when I change it too 3 in footer page 1 in the footer gets changed too page 3.
How did I cause this or do wrong?
I just typed the number in the footer and correct number for that page,
which is exactly all that should be needed.
Maybe your document was created and/or edited in Microsoft Word. The Word can not handle the Page sytyles, therefore every page will have individual Page Style in the LibreOffice, and maybe they will have a restarted page numbering.
Can you upload an ODF type sample file here?
In the menu, click Insert - Page number and choose the position and type
“Maybe your document was created and/or edited in Microsoft Word”
False assumption because I don’t have or use Microsoft word.
“In the menu, click Insert - Page number and choose the position and type”
Didn’t work!
Can you upload an ODF type sample file here?
No it is not “all that should be needed”. By definition, a footer is a style formatting object, that is repeated on all pages having that style. When you put any data there, it is repeated on all pages - so putting a static text in footer will give you that static text on all pages having that style (and hence, that footer).
What is needed are:
page number field in the footer (similarly to what I explained above, the field will appear in all the footers on all the pages having that style; however, having a field doesn’t mean that all the field instances will have the same appearance - they will reflect current page number every time);