Page number format in 6.2

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#1

I know that I can set the page numbering format with a template, but is
there a way to set it globally? For 6.2 someone seems to have thought
it would be a good idea to have lower-case Roman numerals as the
default!

I have looked at help . . . which was of no help.

(Perhaps I had it defined by template before as I had to redo my
profile when upgrading to 6.2 in order to get addons working properly.
This is the first time I have had to create a new profile that since
starting to use LO several years ago.)

#2

Hi,

Not sure for 6.2 (I am currently using 6.1), but you can set the page
numbering like this:

- Insert Field -> Other fields -> Document Tab -> Select page and its
format on the right
- Styles -> Manage Styles -> Page Styles -> Select the current page
style, then right-click -> Modify -> Page Tab -> Page numbering

You can also edit the page style in your template to set it
permanently:

File -> Templates -> Open Template -> Select your default template

And then change the default page style or all the page styles you will
use to get the proper numbering format.

I hope this helps.

Rémy.

#3

Thanks, Remy. It can be set from Format > Page > Page where there is a
setting for page number style. (I don't know how many times I have been
in that tab but simply ignored the page numbering.)

It seems that the default is for Roman numerals globally, which is
nuts. I did just go ahead and set it to Arabic in my default template.
As I did that first, I could not test, but I see no way to set page
number style by default outside of a template. Best, Roy

#4

I'm not certain that everyone gets the same default settings with every release of LO. The last download I made from the LO website (albeit a little while ago v6.0.7.3) had a lot of settings defaulted to Spanish language and included Spanish dictionaries etc. Spanish is not a language that I have ever used so it could not have come from any previous settings I had made.

That was despite the LO website having recognized that I was after an English version download which it claimed to have supplied.

Does the download you get vary perhaps according to which server/mirror happens to get selected at that moment?
Philip

#5

Sorry, I should have stated that I am using LO in Mageia Linux (in this
case the 7 beta release) and using the packaged versions from there. I
still have a Win7 installation that I use very infrequently, so it is
probably on version of 6.0.x.

Strange you should have got the Spanish language version the last time.
The interface and help packages are separate separate from the main
(English language) ones. A straight English language download a) should
not bring them in and b) should not affect global default formats.