[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125280] Footer can not be made to appear only on the first page after it has been filled with content

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125280

--- Comment #4 from Adalbert Hanßen <adalbert.hanssen at gmx.de> ---
Sometimes one wants Headers and footers to be present only on the first page of
a document. A letter template is such an example with data about the legal
entity e.g. in the footer, but only on the first page. Sometimes (e.g. in
Books) one wants Headers and Footers which do not appear on the first page (or
on the first two pages, if a chapter always starts on a pair of consecutive
pages. 

Sometimes one wants to have footers (or headers) which reflect the name of the
current section (e.g. the category of things in a catalogue or the title of the
current chapter or the like).

And different appearance for left and right pages is required for something
which shall be bound like a book (in this case it might be wished to have the
category text only on the left sides or only on the right ones, depending on
e.g. the font orientation or other criteria).

Sometimes one wants to suppress page numbers on a last empty fill page to make
a chapter using an even number of pages.

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What are the Headers and Footers linked to in the data representation? I first
thought, they are linked to the section. However, this can't be true, because
experimenting in a sample document with several sections with different number
of columns to make them easily discernible and altering the footer, I saw that
altering affects the whole document rather the footer in that section.

If I follow the manuals, they must be linked to the page style. So on my
playground, I defined several different page styles with different properties
regarding Footers and tried to associate them with different portions of my
document. This did not work as expected.

To better understand things, some questions are worth to be enlightened:

1.  What are the Headers and Footers linked to in the data representation?
2.  What properties are associated with them and how are they related to the
three controls currently available in the software? (on/off altogether, same
content for left and for right pages, same content on first page).
2a. How many bits are thy?
2b. What are they meant for?
2c. Which dialogue function can control them?
2d. Some examples of how they are intended to be used for some useful purpose?

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