OpenOffice.org Writer Level 1 Course Material/LESSON 8: Controlling Page Appearance

=LESSON 8: Controlling Page Appearance=

Page Orientation
Page Orientation is to change the edge of the paper. Portrait is to place the short edge of the paper horizontal and Landscape to place with the long edge of the paper horizontal. By default the page is on Portrait.

To Set Page Orientation
1.Click Format 2.Select Page  3.A following window is displayed  4.On the Page Style Window change Orientation to Landscape  5.Click OK

Change Margins
You can set the space to be left on the Top and Bottom of the Page by setting the Top and Bottom margins

To change page Margins
1.Click Format 2.Select Page  3.On the Margins Category adjust margins of the page  4.Click Ok

To Apply a Page Border
1.Click Format 2.Select Page  3.Select Border Tab  Figure 158: Page Border 4.On the Category of Line Arrangement Select all four borders 5.On the Category of Line Style Select 9.00 pt and 6.Choose a Colour of the drop down list of Colours  7.The Window will be as Follows  8.Click OK 9.Final output  Figure 160: Page with Border

Headers and Footers
Headers and Footers are inserted to print page numbers and or text automatically at the top (Header) and bottom (Footer) of each page of the document.

To Create a Header
1.Click Format 2.Select Page  4.Select a Header Tab  5.Click Ok 6.The will be a space at the top of the page for the Header 7.Type on the space provided at the top of the page.

To Create a Footer
1.Click Format 2.Select Page  3.Select a Footer Tab  4.Type on the footer page provided at the bottom of the Page  Figure 167: A Page with Footer

Insert Page Break
Automatic page breaks are inserted at the end of a page. This is called a Soft Page Break. You can break a page where by on the page by inserting Hard Page Break. The following instructions make Hard Page Break

To Insert a Page Break
1.Position the Cursor where you want to break a page 2.Click Insert 3.Select Manual Break  5.Type select Page break  6.Click Ok 7.A New Page will start where the cursor was positioned