Starting the page number from page 3 in OpenOffice is just as easy as in other word processing programs.
Start page numbering from page 3 in OpenOffice
Using the menu bar of the OpenOffice document, you can quickly start the page numbering from page 3. This is important, for example, if you want to leave the first pages unnumbered as a cover page and table of contents.
- The first page is usually the cover page or title page, which should not have a page number. In the menu, click on Format → Page template. In the window Page template a template (e.g. “First Page”). Confirm with OK.
- Now you have to apply these templates to your document. To do this, simply click on “Insert”https://praxistipps.chip.de/”Manual page break”https://praxistipps.chip.de/”Page break” and the template you just created. Check the box Page number and enter the number “3” Confirm with OK.
- On the third page, add a footer or header for the page numbering as usual – depending on where you want the page number to go on the paper. Make sure that you only do this for your new template.
Set page number from page 3: Further steps
A few more steps are necessary if you want the third page to have a 3 and not a 1.
- If you now select page numbering in the footer via “Insert”https://praxistipps.chip.de/”Field Command”, OpenOffice does not start numbering at 1 but counts from the beginning of the document – i.e. it writes a 3.
- Therefore, select the last item “Other” in the “Field Command”. A window will now open in which you can individually specify the page number under “Page”.
- Click on the Arabic notation to get numerical page numbers and correct them with “-2” (see picture). If you now click on “Insert”, OpenOffice will start at 1.