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#Openoffice different first page header manual#
Turn on headers and footers, select font and etcĪpply apa.first page to the first page of the documentĭo Insert > Manual Break > Page Break > apply style apa.main.Īdd header with page number to second page.ĭon't forget to set your paragraph line spacing to double. If you want to do it yourself, for a simple template create two page styles (use the default page style, right click and select new. A somewhat more elaborate one is available at.

"MY TITLE" (sans the words Running Head).Ĭan anyone please post simple instruction,Ī relatively simple APA 6th is available at. Then I want every other page's header to read simply Just trying to make the first page have a running header which reads: Note that when you change a header on a page, you're actually changing the header for the page style of that page, not just that one page.įloatilla wrote:I would hardly call this solved. In your case, since pages 2+ have the same header, they can have the same page style, but the first page must have a different page style in order to have a different header. Generally, in order to have different headers on different pages, the pages must have different page styles, not different paragraph styles for the headers. Please help! ~Anne Marie (Nursing student)Īpply Styles applies paragraph styles. I have tried higlighting all of the text on my 2nd header and selecting "Header left" on the 2nd header - but as soon as I do that, the 1st header also goes to "Header left" instead of maintaining a unique style for the first header My header simply reverts to page 1 (just as the other users have said). I cannot seem to resolve this by using the Apply Styles or using left and right header. I believe Microsoft Word has an option for "different 1st page header" or some such option! These headers are really tripping me up I need to use THIS header for the Title page: "Running head: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER" and THIS header for all subsequent pages: "TITLE OF YOUR PAPER" (see the OWL at Purdue) Then select the style to use for the next page (normally that will be Default, if you don't need any other header/footer configurations).Anne_marie_oregon wrote:It is really important, as a college student, to be able to use APA format.

Put the cursor at the end of the first page.As a result you have to use a manual page break. The switch from First Page to Default at the top of page 2 is not converted properly to the continuous section break used in MS Word. has the Default page style with headers disabled. Type the header text in the Header box at the top of the page (you don't get a separate Header/Footer box like in MS Word). You now have two page styles in your document: First Page and Default (Default will take effect at the top of page 2, and by default the Header is off). You may close the Styles and Formatting window now, if desired. Select the Header tab and tick Header on. Now right click the First Page style and select Modify.The page style name should appear on the status bar below your document. Double-click on the page style called First Page.Click on the Page Styles icon (fourth one from the left).Choose Format>Styles and Formatting (or press F11).Enter some or all of the data that you want on your cover (1st) page (or simply hit the return key a few times).docįollow these steps (the first two are the same for both options): For a Writer document that I want to convert to. How do I make a header appear on only the first page of my document?ī.
