LibreOffice Writer does not print page numbers.

[Robert Pearson]

When I select Format->Page I see that the page numbering is set to 1, 2,... but no page numbers are actually printed.

(bug reported over 5-years ago and not fixed). LibreOffice Writer still does not do duplex printing. Workaround - export to PDF and then use any other program to print duplex. They all work except LibreOffice Writer.

Robert Pearson

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: libreoffice (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Fri Jan 4 14:21:31 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-16 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Robert, to have page numbers printed in a text document, you need to insert a "page number" field in the header/footer section of the page, this is not done automatically for new documents.
Just tested (printed to PDF) and that works as expected.

The Format/Page dialog allows you to select the type of numbering you want, it doesn't mean that page numbers will be inserted by default.

Regarding the second issue (duplex printing), you already mentioned it on https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60428 and it was suggested that you file a new bug upstream with details about your printer. Did you do it? Can you share the upstream bug number? Thanks!

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This bug has sat incomplete for over a year. Marking invalid.