Re: Header and Footer

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 19:31 -0500, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> As I suspected (and have verified with an experiment), a continuous
> section break also changes all headers/footers after the break. It's
> essentially like starting a new document mid-page (or mid document).
> Here's what I'd recommend:
> Insert your heading (logo/etc) into the top of the letterhead in the body.
> Then, after your heading, choose Insert - Break - Continuous Section,
> and type whatever you like after the section break. (to make a
> template, just type a word or two).
> Then, between your heading and your section break (the little Paragraph
> button to show formatting marks is handy here) insert footer, and enter
> your footer info.
> This footer should only show up on the first page then, and your margins
> and everything should be reset to default for pages after the section
> break, which should be all body pages.
>
> This may sound confusing, but if you step through it, you'll find it's
> actually pretty straightforward and I just do a poor job of explaining
> it :) I know I've found the continuous section break to really allow
> quite a bit of flexibility in document formatting.
>
> Ryan
>

Another alternative is to set a different header for the first page.
This is an option under format->header/footers.

Cheers

Martin

> David Lister wrote:
> > Apologies for not explaining the problem properly.
> >
> > I used to put the logo and and company address in the body with other
> > wordprocessors (especially WordPro) until I started to add company
> > registration number and bankers details at the bottom of the letterhead.
> >
> > These details need to be placed in a footer, otherwise when typing the body
> > of the letter the company registration number etc gets moved onto the next
> > page.
> >
> > The problem is more of a footer problem, as opposed to a header problem.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David
> >
> > PS: OpenOffice has a facility to set up the first page with header and
> > footer, but remaining pages with none.
> >
> >
> >> Have you tried putting your letterhead content in the body of the
> >> document? You can use the "Insert - Break - Continuous Section Break"
> >> menu tool to allow different margins, alignment, columns, etc to follow
> >> the letterhead.
> >>
> >> (Please choose Reply All in your mailer so that any insight is archived
> >> on the mailing list for future users.)
> >>
> >> Ryan
> >>
> >> David Lister wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks Ryan
> >>>
> >>> Your solution works, but not perfectly for my requirement.
> >>>
> >>> My header is very deep - it contains a logo and company address (I am
> >>> creating letterheads).
> >>>
> >>> The problem with removing the contents of the header on the second page is
> >>> that the margin is too far down the page (because of the empty header).
> >>>
> >>> It's a pity that there isn't an option for Header on First Page Only.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks and regards
> >>>
> >>> David Lister
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> I would appreciate any info on how to set up Abiword so that the
> >>>>>
> > Header and
> >
> >>>>> Footer only appears on the first page only (Header and Footer
> >>>>>
> > different on
> >
> >>>>> first page doesn't seem to do this).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards
> >>>>>
> >>>>> DL
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Choose "header and footer different on first page" then delete the
> >>>> contents of the header/footer on page 2.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ryan>
> >>>>
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Received on Thu May 17 02:43:20 2007