
That page style has a particular "next page" setting, so when content flows to a new page (or you insert a manual page break by ctrl+enter) the subsequent pages will automatically be set to "Default style". Use the "First page" style for the title page. If you only need one single leading page to differ from the rest, you do not need much adjustment from the default document setup. The rest of the pages should read Title and page number in the header. Like the original poster, all I want is a title page that has a header that says Running Head: Title and a page number. , to ON to see the paragraph break as below. This is the default setting on recent installations where the Page Break appears as a thin blue line. Page Breaks now show on the screen as a thin coloured line and identify where the problem lies. It is very useful to make Page Breaks visible by Tools > Options (Preferences on Mac) > OpenOffice > Appearance > scroll to Text document > tick Section boundaries > choose a colour for Page and column breaks.

You can also delete Page Breaks by Backspace, or by deleting highlighted text which includes the Page Break. When you Insert > Manual Break > Page Break., the small pop-up window allows you to choose the Page Style for the first (and hence subsequent) page(s) following the break and also the option to change the Page Number for the first (and hence subsequent) page(s) following the break. , showing where you can set the following Page Style and Page Number Clipboard01.png (5.88 KiB) Viewed 4894 times
