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Figure 152: Set the new page number to 1 and the
page style to Default.
This change is also reflected on the status bar. The Page section of the status bar now includes
both the total page count and the entry of the page number field.
Figure 153: Page number in the status bar
Problems with restarting page numbering
Restarting page numbering may lead to two problems.
• The Statistics page in the document’s Properties (File > Properties) always displays the
total number of pages in the document, which may not be what you want to appear in the
Page Count field.
• When page numbering is restarted, LibreOffice always makes odd-numbered pages to be
on the right and even-numbered pages to be on the left. It does this by inserting a blank
page, if necessary. Sometimes this blank page is not desired, particularly when creating
PDFs or when printing single sided.
Solving the page count problem
Suppose you know exactly how many pages are not to be included in the page count. (You want
one page to be excluded in the page count for the following example.)
Instead of inserting a Page Count field, you can do the following:
1) Position the cursor where you want the page count to appear.
2) Press F2 to open the formula bar, just above the horizontal ruler in the main Writer window
(see Figure 154).
3) After the equal sign, type page –1. If you want to exclude several pages, substitute the
number of excluded pages for 1 in the formula.
4) Press Enter to close the formula bar and insert the resulting field into the document.
Figure 154: Formula bar
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