Adding a footer to a page

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#1

I have a three page document which has been edited in various
OpenOffice and now LibreOffice versions over the past three years. The
first and third pages have footers, the second page does not. I would
like to add the footer to the second page.

I tried Format -> Page -> Footer -> Footer On but this did not add the footer.

I then tried Insert -> Footer. the footers "Default" and "No Footer"
was checked, so I unchecked "No Footer". This did not add the footer.
I then tried various permeations of the Footer options, none helped. I
then noticed that Format -> Page -> Footer -> Footer On was once again
unchecked. Checking it again did not help.

This is on LibreOffice 3.5 on Kubuntu Linux.

#2

Were you one the 2nd page when you tried to add the footer?
Was there some odd/even page formatting controls enabled?

Why you are having the problem may be some portion of the coding that sees the odd pages with footers and then will not allow you to create/edit ones on the even pages.

I currently do not use 3.5.x. I use 3.4.6 on Ubuntu 10.04/GNOME and 12.04/MATE. I should try it now that it is at ".3", but will stick with 3.4.6 for a bit longer on my default Ubuntu 10.04LTS desktop.

How about this, as a work around for now:

#3

I ended up with a similar problem. What was happening was that somehow my
first page got defined as a cover page and so it wouldn't show the footer..
and then after that pages for split into sections some of which would show
the footer some of which wouldn't.. turned out to be a big mess.

Have you considered redoing the document.. it is just three pages as you
say. If it's not complicated that might be your easiest option.

#4

Hi Dotan,
Dotan Cohen schrieb:

I have a three page document which has been edited in various
OpenOffice and now LibreOffice versions over the past three years. The
first and third pages have footers, the second page does not. I would
like to add the footer to the second page.

I tried Format -> Page -> Footer -> Footer On but this did not add the footer.

I then tried Insert -> Footer. the footers "Default" and "No Footer"
was checked, so I unchecked "No Footer". This did not add the footer.
I then tried various permeations of the Footer options, none helped. I
then noticed that Format -> Page -> Footer -> Footer On was once again
unchecked. Checking it again did not help.

You have to page styles, "Default" and "No Footer". There had been a reason to use two styles, do you remember the reason?

There are two solutions
(1) The former reason has gone. You want to use the same page style for all pages.
(2) You want two page styles and the stype "No Footer" should get a footer (despite of its name).

Depending on your aim the way is different. Please write, whether you still need the second page style.

Kind regards
Regina

#5

Were you one the 2nd page when you tried to add the footer?

Yes, of course! I even just tried again to be sure.

Was there some odd/even page formatting controls enabled?

No, not that I see. I had turned off the footer on that one page specifically.

Why you are having the problem may be some portion of the coding that sees
the odd pages with footers and then will not allow you to create/edit ones
on the even pages.

I do not think that it is an odd / even problem. I specifically
removed that footer from the single page. Oin fact, I think that I had
to give the page a custom style. I just checked Format -> Page ->
Organizer and I see that the page has name "No Footer". I cannot seem
to change it to the default style, though. If I remove the name then I
get a message that the name is already in use. And none of the options
on that page set the page to the default style.

I currently do not use 3.5.x.  I use 3.4.6 on Ubuntu 10.04/GNOME and
12.04/MATE.  I should try it now that it is at ".3", but will stick with
3.4.6 for a bit longer on my default Ubuntu 10.04LTS desktop.

How about this, as a work around for now:
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do a "Edit/Select All" and "copy" the document.

Then, while the original document is open, to a "File/New/Text Document" and
then enable the footers option.

Then paste the text to the new document and deal with the footers.

This should work.  If it does not, then there must be some problem in the LO
version itself.

Actually, I tried that but 1) I would like to learn to use LO
properly, and 2) this page has some killer tables that are difficult
to copy. I might even have to open another thread on that if I cannot
figure it out of find any relevant information in the fine manual.

Thanks.

#6

did you check what page style is associated each page to?

#7

Thank you, you jogged it out of my memory! I opened the Styles window
with F11 and sure enough this page has the "No Footer" page style.
There seem to be some real bugs in assigning page styles, sometimes
assigning one style to a page changes how the other pages are styled.
I do have some tables that traverse pages, that may be the reason. I'm
still fighting with it, but at least now I know where the solution
exists.

Thank you!

#8

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Actually, I tried that but 1) I would like to learn to use LO properly, and 2) this page has some killer tables that are difficult to copy. I might even have to open another thread on that if I cannot figure it out of find any relevant information in the fine manual. Thanks.

I never had any difficulties coping tables from one LO document to another. You really must have some real complex stuff in that table format for it to be a problem with coping.

Well at least another person figured out where your problem was. I really hate "custom" page formating for single pages in my document. The last time I did that, I got so frustrated I must have lost some hair. So, I do not do that if it can be avoided, and keep all of the pages the same formatting, unless there is a left/right or odd/even page header/footer difference.

#9

I never had any difficulties coping tables from one LO document to another.
 You really must have some real complex stuff in that table format for it to
be a problem with coping.

Actually, I they are supposed to be just a single tables on the page,
no nestling, but I cannot seem to click in the area after the last
table for some reason. And even copying one of the tables and then
using the Cut feature only cuts the text out of the table but leaves
the table itself intact (sans content).

Well at least another person figured out where your problem was.  I really
hate "custom" page formating for single pages in my document.  The last time
I did that, I got so frustrated I must have lost some hair.  So, I do not do
that if it can be avoided, and keep all of the pages the same formatting,
unless there is a left/right or odd/even page header/footer difference.

Custom page formatting seemed to be the only way to remove the footer
from a single page.

#10

I filed a bug if anybody is interested:

Changing a page's style changes the styles of other pages.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49928