Viewing Manual Break Locations

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#1

Hi:

I need to use Writer for a specific project and am currently using Version:
5.0.5.2, Build ID: 1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1 (I keep LO updated, although
don't use it for most work).

While inserting manual page breaks (Insert | Manual Break ... | Page Break)
to permit different header content for different sections (small "s"
sections - not Insert | Section ... sections) seems to work well.

But removing them when required, or adding another between previously
entered breaks is difficult to do, since I can't see where exactly they are.

I've trolled through the menus trying to find a way to make them visible,
but can't locate such a feature. Does anyone know how to make these visible?

Thanks in advance ...

Frank

#2

CVAlkan wrote (Thursday, March 3, 2016, 4:35:53 PM):

While inserting manual page breaks (Insert | Manual Break ... | Page Break)
to permit different header content for different sections (small "s"
sections - not Insert | Section ... sections) seems to work well.

But removing them when required, or adding another between previously
entered breaks is difficult to do, since I can't see where exactly they are.

I've trolled through the menus trying to find a way to make them visible,
but can't locate such a feature. Does anyone know how to make these visible?

I don't know a way to make them visible, but there is a quite helpful
extension that I use for such cases:

http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/alternative-dialog-find-replace-for-writer/releases/1.4.1

Good luck!

#3

hi.
in 5.0.5 you can select incert menu and the first option is manual break.
when you can click on it, you have three options: line break, column
break and the third option is page break.
the shortcut for page break is control+p.
hope thats help.

#4

Robert wrote (Thursday, March 3, 2016, 4:58:46 PM):

When I insert a manual page break I see a blue dashed line between the
two pages. Don't you see that? I can easily delete the page break by
going to the beginning of the next page. This is in LO 5.0.1.2 but I
think it's been like that for a long time.

Ah, I see what you mean. When I uncheck "hide whitespace" in menu
"View" (I usually keep it checked), I see that line indeed. You can
even choose the colour of the line via menu/Tools/Options/Libre
Office/ Application Colours/Text Document: Page and column breaks (may
be it should rather read "_Manual_ page and column breaks"?).

Thank you for the tip :slight_smile:

#5

Robert, you cured my blindness ... Now that you mention it, I do recall using
such a dashed line in the past, but for some reason (haven't used LO for a
while) I forgot to look for it and it escaped my attention.

Annette: Thanks for reminding me about the extended search capability in the
add-on; it lets me (albeit blindly) delete the breaks successfully, so that
will work. But where in the View menu did you find a "Hide Whitespace"
option? In the normal "View" menu I don't seem to have any such option.

Again, Thanks to you both.

#6

CVAlkan wrote (Thursday, March 3, 2016, 11:53:17 PM):

Annette: Thanks for reminding me about the extended search
capability in the add-on; it lets me (albeit blindly) delete the
breaks successfully, so that will work. But where in the View menu
did you find a "Hide Whitespace" option? In the normal "View" menu I
don't seem to have any such option.

I have no idea how it happened to jump in my "View". I guess I played
around (via menu "View"/toolbars/customise/Menus/Menu "View" -> [Add])
and added it out of curiosity :slight_smile:

In the same way (playing around) I found the feature of customising
colours, like fields etc (as I mentioned above). An other very helpful
feature btw. that I use extensively is adding background colours to
styles (which I remove of course when the text is ready for print):
Navigator (F5)/ right-click style in question: modify / Area). Ok, my
text looks motley, but in this way I find quickly which styles haven't
been applied properly (by me *blush*).

#7

An interesting approach to checking for consistent style usage ...

I check these by clicking on the text and looking at the style listed in the
sidebar, but your way certainly would be useful if the difference between
various styles is subtle (a one or two point size variation for instance).
And, of course, I really only do that when I *suspect* something might be
amiss, so it likely isn't very comprehensive.

I might give your idea a try just to see how it works in practice, so thanks
for sharing.

#8

Annette wrote

Another very helpful feature btw. that I use extensively is adding
background colours to
styles (which I remove of course when the text is ready for print):
Navigator (F5)/ right-click style in question: modify / Area). Ok, my
text looks motley, but in this way I find quickly which styles haven't
been applied properly (by me *blush*).

Brilliant! This is a real "Egg of Columbus"
Thank you for sharing!