i'm just about to dig into open office help but given that this is time-critical, i'll toss it out here as well -- how can i set up page numbering in an open office doc to start at 1 on a *given* page? thanks for any emergency, short notice assistance. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================