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

|| 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.

|| Here we are using GNU/Linux as our operating system and  LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4  

|| LibreOffice Writer allows you to add page numbers to a document.  

|| We shall open our '''resume.odt''' file.

|| 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.

|| Now click on the '''Insert''' option in the menu bar and then click on the '''Footer''' option.

|| We see that a footer is added at the bottom of the page.

|| You can see several footer options are displayed here.

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|| Immediately, we see that the number “1” is displayed in the footer.

|| In order to give different styles to the page number, double click on the page number.

|| We see that the '''Edit Fields: Document''' dialog box appears on the screen.

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

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

|| Similarly, we can insert a header into the document.

|| Now click on the '''Insert''' menu and then click on the “Header” option.

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|| You see that a header gets inserted at the top of the page

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

|| The date is displayed in the header.   

|| 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.

|| Now click on the '''File''' menu in the menu bar and then click on the “Page preview” option.

|| 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.

|| 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.  

|| Select the '''Footer''' tab in the dialog box.  

|| Set the spacing options that you want to use by setting the value of the “Left margin” to 1.00cm”.

|| For example , to put  a shadow style to the footer, we click on the '''Cast Shadow to Top Right''' icon.   

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|| 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.

|| Now click on the “OK”.   

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|| Lets add another page to our document before proceeding further.

|| Then click on '''OK'''

|| Notice that the page number is displayed as “2”.

|| 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.

|| Now in the dialog box which appears, click on the 4th icon at the top, which is '''Page Styles'''.  

|| Click on the '''New''' option and then click on the '''Organiser''' tab.

|| 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'''.  

|| 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.

|| Notice that '''new first page''' style appears under the “Page Styles” options.

|| Now double click on the '''new first page'''.

|| You see that there is footer on all the pages of the document except the first page.

|| Lets close this dialog box.

|| Now, lets learn about footnotes and endnotes in LibreOffice Writer.

|| Footnotes appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced  

|| whereas Endnotes are collected at the end of a document.  

|| 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'''.

|| Lets close this dialog box.

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

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

|| 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.  

|| 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.

|| Click on either '''Footnote''' or '''Endnote''' option under the '''Type''' heading to specify our choice.

|| So we will select '''Automatic''' under '''Numbering''' and '''Footnote''' under '''Type'''

|| Now click on the '''OK''' button.

|| 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.

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

|| 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

|| Comprehensive assignment.

|| Open the file “practice.odt”.

|| Insert the “author” name in the header.

|| Insert “Page Count” in the footer.

|| Add a endnote stating where the page ends.

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