How-To: Insert Page Count - OpenOffice.org Writer
- Scroll down to insert the page number into the footer.
- Position the cursor into the footer.
- For example type " of " following the already existing "Page Number" field.
- To insert the "Page Count" field at the cursor position, click on the "Insert" menu.
- Select the "Fields" item from the menu.
- Select the "Page Count" item from the sub menu.
- Notice the "2" with the gray background. This is the "Page Count" field.
- Scroll down to the following page to verify that the page count stays constant on every page.
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Insert page count
This screencast demonstrates how to insert the "Page Count" field, for example into the footer of a text document in OpenOffice.org Writer. You learn:
- How to insert "<page number> of <page count>" in the page footer.
- How to position your cursor in the footer.
- How to insert the "Page Count" field at the cursor position.
- The appearance of a field
in a text document.
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