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TITLE

Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on LibreOffice Writer - Headers, Footers and Endnotes.
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Learning Objectives

Insert headers.

Insert footers.

Remove headers from the first page.

Insert footnote and endnote in documents.

In this tutorial we will learn:

How to insert headers in documents.

How to insert footers in documents.

How to remove headers from the first page.

How to insert footnote and endnote in documents.

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OS and versions

Here we are using GNU/Linux as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4
Stay on the same screen. LibreOffice Writer allows you to add page numbers to a document.
Open resume.odt We shall open our resume.odt file.
Click on the first page of the document To insert page numbers in the footer, we first click on the page where we want to insert the footer.

So lets click on the document page.

Click on Insert->goto Footer.


Click on Default

Now click on the Insert option in the menu bar and then click on theFooter option.

Next, click on the Default option.

Show footer in the document. We see that a footer is added at the bottom of the page.
Click on Insert->goto Fields To display the page number in the footer, we shall first click on the Insert option.

Then click on the Fields option.

Click Page Number

You can see several footer options are displayed here.

Click on the Page Number to insert the page number in the document.

Point to page numbers in footer Immediately, we see that the number 1 is displayed in the footer.
Double click on page number (1) in the footer. In order to give different styles to the page number, double click on the page number.
Point to Edit Fields: Document dialog box We see that the Edit Fields: Document dialog box appears on the screen.
Point to A B C, a b c and Roman i,ii,iii.



Under the Format option, you see many formats like A B C in uppercase, a b c in lowercase,Arabic 1 2 3and many more.

Here you can choose the page numbering style that you prefer.

Click on Roman i,ii,iii

Click on OK

Point to the footer.

We will choose Roman i,ii,iii option and then click on the OK button.

You see that the numbering format changes for the page.

Click on the document.

Similarly, we can insert a header into the document.

First click on the page where the header should be inserted.

Click on Insert->click on Header


Click on Default.

Now click on the Insert menu and then click on the Header option.

Click on the Default option.

Point to header. You see that a header gets inserted at the top of the page
Click on Insert->goto Fields


Click on Date

In order to enter the date in the header, click on Insert and then click on Fields option.

In the side menu which appears, click on the Date option.

Point to date inside the header. The date is displayed in the header.
Double-click on the date.


Point to Format and choose 31 Dec, 1999 >> click on OK.

Double-clicking on the date shows all the possible formats in which the date can be displayed.

Here we will choose 31 Dec, 1999 and click on OK.

Click on File->click on Page preview Now click on the File menu in the menu bar and then click on the Page preview option.
Click on 50% in Preview zoom field.

Point to date at the top and page number at the bottom.

Let us zoom the document to 50%.

So we can see the Date at the top of the page and the page number at the bottom.

Point to the same on all the pages.


Click on Close Preview.

This will be replicated on all the pages of the document.

To get back to the original document, click on the Close Preview button.


Click on Format->click on Page.

You can also adjust the spacing of the text relative to the header or footer frame.

Or apply a border to the header or footer. Click on the Format option in the menu bar and then click on Page.

Click on Footer Select the Footer tab in the dialog box.
Set Left margin to 1.00cm Set the spacing options that you want to use by setting the value of Left margin to 1.00cm.
Click on More. To add a border or a shadow to the footer, click on the More option first and then set the value of the options you want to put into the footer.
Click on Cast Shadow to Top Right. For example , to put a shadow style to the footer, we click on the Cast Shadow to Top Right icon.

This is visible here - among the various icons available under the Position tab of the Shadow style option.

Click on Red in Shadow Style >> Color dropdown You can choose the colour of the border and the shadow as well.

Explore this dialog box to know more about each of the available options.

Click on OK.

Click on OK.

Now click on the OK.

Again click on OK and we see that the effect is added to the footer.

Click Insert >> Manual Break >> Page break


Click on OK.

Lets add another page to our document before proceeding further.

This done by clicking Insert >> Manual Break and choosing the Page break option. Then click on OK


Point to the page number. Notice that the page number is displayed as 2.
Click on first page.


Click on Format >> Styles and Formatting.

If you don’t want a footer on the first page of the document, then first place the cursor on the first page.

Next click on Format in the menu bar and click on the Styles and Formatting option.

Click on Page Styles ->right click on First Page Now in the dialog box which appears, click on the 4th icon at the top, which is Page Styles.

Then right-click on the First Page option.

Click on New->click on Organiser Click on the New option and then click on the Organiser tab.
Type new first page in the Name field. In the Name field we can type the name of the new style we wish to insert.

So here ,we will type the name as new first page.

Set Default in Next Style.

Click on Footer-> Uncheck Footer on(if it is not unchecked by default)

Click on OK.

Set Next Style as Default.

Now click on the Footer tab in the dialog box.

Uncheck the Footer on checkbox if it is not unchecked by default.

Finally, click on the OK button.

We are back to the Styles and Formatting dialog box.

Point to new first page under Page Styles.

Double click on new first page Scroll down to show the bottom of the page.

Notice that new first page style appears under the Page Styles options.

Now double click on the new first page.

Click on the page. Scroll down to the footer part.

Show no footer on first page.

Scroll down to the next page.

You see that there is footer on all the pages of the document except the first page.
Point to Page style field options.


And close this dialog box.

Likewise you can do modifications on all the available default styles and apply them on each page of the document.

Lets close this dialog box.

Now, lets learn about footnotes and endnotes in LibreOffice Writer.
Switch to slide 4 Footnotes appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced

whereas Endnotes are collected at the end of a document.

Switch to slide 5 The anchor for the note is inserted at the current cursor position.

You can choose between automatic numbering or a custom symbol.

Switch to Writer.

Click on Insert->click on Footnote/Endnote.

To access this option, first click on the Insert option in the menu bar.

Then click on the Footnote/Endnote option.

Point to Numbering and Type.


Point to Automatic, Character, Footnote and Endnote.

You see that a dialog box appears on the screen with headings named Numbering and Type.

There are checkboxes namely ,Automatic, Character, Footnote and Endnote.

Point to Numbering. Numbering allows you to select the type of numbering that you want to use for footnotes and endnotes.
Point to Automatic.


Close this dialog box.

The Automatic option automatically assigns consecutive numbers to the footnotes or endnotes that you insert.

Lets close this dialog box.

Point to Tools


Click on Footnotes/Endnotes.

To change the settings for automatic numbering, click on the Tools option in the menu bar

And then click on Footnotes/Endnotes.

Point the mouse across all the options available as per the narration. You have a choice of automatic settings for AutoNumbering and Styles.

Choose from these options as per your requirement and then click on the OK button.

Click on Insert >> click on Footnote/Endnote option.

Click on Character.


Lets go back to Insert and Footnote/Endnote option.

The Character option is used to define a character or symbol for the current footnote. This can be either a letter or number.

Click on the button below character field.


Click on @ ->click on OK Don’t close the dialog box

To assign a special character, click on the button below the character field.

Now click on any of the special characters you want to insert and then click on the OK button.

Point to Footnote and Endnote. Click on either Footnote or Endnote option under the Type heading to specify our choice.
Click on Automatic>>Click on Footnote


Click OK

So we will select Automatic under Numbering and Footnote under Type

Now click on the OK button.


Type This is the end of first page in the footnote field->click Enter.

You see that a footnote field appears at the bottom of the page with default numerical value.

You can write the text This is the end of first page in the footnote field And then press the Enter button on the keyboard.

Point to footnote at the bottom. You can see the required footnote along with the text at the bottom of the page.

Likewise, you can insert an endnote at the bottom of the document.

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SUMMARY

This brings us to the end of the spoken tutorial on LibreOffice Writer

To summarize, we learnt.

How to insert headers in documents.

How to insert footers in documents.

How to remove headers from the first page.

How to insert footnote and endnote in documents

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COMPREHENSIVE ASSIGNMENT

COMPREHENSIVE ASSIGNMENT

Open the file practice.odt.

Add a header and footer in the document.

Insert the author name in the header.

Insert Page Count in the footer.

Add a endnote stating where the page ends.

Remove the header from the first page of the document.

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