Left- and right-alignment on the same line
I still can't remember what the page header is called where you have the page number and book/section/chapter title. Anyway, yeah, sure, I can use the defaults to place these for me automatically... except that the final print version won't really be "pages" so much as eight table cells within a much larger page. The local printer was telling us today that there's software to do all of this automatically... except that I must admit that I don't quite trust the overseas printer to handle this right. I don't want to get the entire thing back perfect, except that pages 3 and 18 are switched or something.
So... I had done the page header before with a simple nested two-column table, so as to get the page number left-aligned and the title right-aligned on the same line, (and vice versa on the opposing pages)... but a little Googling around, plus guessing where they moved things after many years of multiple changes, (without updating old forum posts), yielded:
How to left-align and right-align on the same line in OpenOffice.org Writer v. 3.3.0
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Compatibility > Use OpenOffice 1.1 tabstop formatting: Check it, then select OK.
Type left-aligned text, then Tab, then ctrl-R (or Align Right button), then text to be right-aligned.
Yeah, it looks simple when it appears above, but trust me, it took a while to get that, even with a lot of old forum posts to help.
Here's how doing this (for even and odd pages) appeared in the final print (and online PDF) of Turn Funny Email into CASH!:
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Updates: Crossed out "OpenOffice 1.1" as per anonymous comment below, although I'm still seeing that phrase. Added XKCD comic source attribution. Capitalized "Googling". :-) Added snaps of the tops of pp. 2-3 to demonstrate. Removed remote printer location.
So... I had done the page header before with a simple nested two-column table, so as to get the page number left-aligned and the title right-aligned on the same line, (and vice versa on the opposing pages)... but a little Googling around, plus guessing where they moved things after many years of multiple changes, (without updating old forum posts), yielded:
How to left-align and right-align on the same line in OpenOffice.org Writer v. 3.3.0
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Compatibility > Use OpenOffice 1.1 tabstop formatting: Check it, then select OK.
Type left-aligned text, then Tab, then ctrl-R (or Align Right button), then text to be right-aligned.
Yeah, it looks simple when it appears above, but trust me, it took a while to get that, even with a lot of old forum posts to help.
Here's how doing this (for even and odd pages) appeared in the final print (and online PDF) of Turn Funny Email into CASH!:
(Source)
Updates: Crossed out "OpenOffice 1.1" as per anonymous comment below, although I'm still seeing that phrase. Added XKCD comic source attribution. Capitalized "Googling". :-) Added snaps of the tops of pp. 2-3 to demonstrate. Removed remote printer location.