Automated table row numbering in Writer?

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#1

I am making tables in LibreWriter. The structure is one short column
with a couple of numbers, followed by one long column with information
that I type in. The individual rows are eventually cut out and put into stamp albums.

I've looked around for a "table row" field and I can't find one. One
of the numbers in the first column is sequential and will serve as a
page number after I stick that row into the album. It would be
wonderful if I could insert a field and have the rows number
themselves - especially for those times I go back and discover that I
left something out 50 rows before.

If there is a way of doing that...is there then a way of assigning a
specific number to the first instance and letting it increment from
there?

I could almost certainly do this in Calc, but Calc lacks a few
formatting niceties, and I'd prefer to keep it in Writer if I can.

Thanks!

#2

21. Apr 2017 22:53 by cars@almostconnecticut.net:

I am making tables in LibreWriter. The structure is one short column
with a couple of numbers, followed by one long column with information
that I type in. The individual rows are eventually cut out and put into stamp albums.

I've looked around for a "table row" field and I can't find one. One
of the numbers in the first column is sequential and will serve as a
page number after I stick that row into the album. It would be
wonderful if I could insert a field and have the rows number
themselves - especially for those times I go back and discover that I
left something out 50 rows before.

If there is a way of doing that...is there then a way of assigning a
specific number to the first instance and letting it increment from
there?

I could almost certainly do this in Calc, but Calc lacks a few
formatting niceties, and I'd prefer to keep it in Writer if I can.

Thanks!

Hi...

I don't know if this it's possible... because I'm not expert in Writer, but, if only it's possible with macros, I can help you, I like this idea.

I tried insert a formula (=LAST_ROW+1) in each row, but, if I insert new rows, this values not update automatically

Best regards

#3

o Click just above your first column to select it. Alternatively, right-click in the column and go to Column > | Select.
o Open the Styles and Formatting window.
o Click the List Styles button at the top.
o Double-click one of the Numbering styles. (Try each to see which meets your needs.)
o If you don't want the trailing tab or full stop or whatever, right-click on the style name in the Styles and Formatting window and select Modify... . Use the Position and Options tabs to adjust the style to what you need.

You will notice that if you insert extra rows the numbering will adjust itself automatically - as you ask.

You say you want additional information in that first column - which you can indeed add. Alternatively, it may be easier to put this is an additional column.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker