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Page Numbering in Writer

How to get control of numbering pages in Write. Open a new blank text document or the document you are working on.

Press F11 or click on the Styles and Formatting button to open the stylist. Click the Page Styles icon on the formatting toolbar.

Right click Default then click Modify

Click the Footer Tab and select Footer on option. Click OK to accept the changes.

At the bottom of your page the footer box will appear

Click inside the Footnote Box and Type Page or Pg. Remember to insert a space after Page or Pg. If you don't the result will look like this Page1 instead of Page 1

Keep the cursor inside the Footnote Box on the Menu bar click Insert >> Fields >> Page Numbers

Your pages will now be numbered automatically.

Additional Information

You can modify the look and position of your page numbers press F11. Click Paragraph Styles and Scroll down to Footer. Right click inside the Footer and select Modify

Choose what ever modification you want. In this example I made my numbers align to the right.

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Writer Page numbering Toolbar New Document Back Ground Color	Page Numbering in Writer How to get control of numbering pages in Write. Open a new blank text document or the document you are working on. Press F11 or click on the Styles and Formatting button to open the stylist. Click the Page Styles icon on the formatting toolbar. Right click Default then click Modify Click the Footer Tab and select Footer on option. Click OK to accept the changes. At the bottom of your page the footer box will appear Click inside the Footnote Box and Type Page or Pg. Remember to insert a space after Page or Pg. If you don't the result will look like this Page1 instead of Page 1 Keep the cursor inside the Footnote Box on the Menu bar click Insert >> Fields >> Page Numbers Your pages will now be numbered automatically. Additional Information You can modify the look and position of your page numbers press F11. Click Paragraph Styles and Scroll down to Footer. Right click inside the Footer and select Modify Choose what ever modification you want. In this example I made my numbers align to the right.