Getting Started Guide

Controlling page breaks automatically
Writer automatically flows text from one page to the next. If you do not like the
default settings, you can change them. For example, you can require a paragraph to
start on a new page or column and specify the style of the new page. A typical use is
for chapter titles to always start on a new right-hand (odd-numbered) page.
Compiling an automatic table of contents
To compile an automatic table of contents, first apply styles to the headings you want
to appear in the contents list, then use Tools > Outline Numbering to tell Writer
which styles go with which level in the table of contents. See Chapter 4 for more
information.
Defining a sequence of styles
You can set up one paragraph style so that when you press Enter at the end of that
paragraph, the following paragraph automatically has the style you wish applied to it.
For example, you could define a Heading 1 paragraph to be followed by a Text Body
paragraph. A more complex example would be: Title followed by Author followed by
Abstract followed by Heading 1 followed by Text Body. By setting up these
sequences, you can avoid manually applying styles in most cases.
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