Page number offset
SO8, Linux: If I open a new text document, Insert|Fields |Page Number, gives a "1" as expected. But if I'm starting a new chapter and want it to be, say, 79, a right-click, selection of Fields, and editing of Offset to "+78" and "OK" simply leaves a gray-shaded "field" mark in the text... but NO PAGE NUMBER.
Am I doing something wrong in trying to reset the starting page number from "1" to "79"?
SOLUTION... maybe: I created a blank page before the right-page formatted page I wanted to be 79. With the cursor in that blank starter page, Insert|Manual Break, with right page selected and 79 entered... and that was it.
I haven't figured out how to get rid of that superfluous blank starter page; when I tried to delete it my numbers got reset because it contains the change-number instruction. But my main problem is solved. RTFM, they say... (an old SO6 Que book suggested this...)
