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User atdsm changed the following:
What |Old value |New value
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Keywords| |ms_interoperability, oooqa
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Summary|WW8: export mangles multi-|WW8: export mangles multi-
|column layout following |column layout when using
|hard page break |"Evenly distribute
| |contents to all columns"
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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 14 07:25:16 -0800
2005 -------
->MRU
I was working on this at the same time that you posted (resulting in a
collision), but I believe I have some additional insight. It is reproducible for
me not only on page 2 but also elsewhere... if you follow the steps below.
->All
I believe the issue is that when columns are formatted using the "evenly
distribute contents" flag, OOo automatically distributes the contents of the two
columns evenly between the columns. MS Word, however, does not have this option,
so when exported in .doc format, the "evenly distribute contents" flag is
dropped and the contents all go back to the first of the two columns.
To reproduce from scratch (allows you to see all settings used):
1) Open a new document in Writer
2) Type several lines of text
3) Highlight the text
4) Go to Format -> Columns
5) Select 2 columns
6) Verify that the "Evenly distribute contents to all columns" box is checked
(it should be by default)
7) Click ok
All text is distributed evenly between 2 columns
8) Save in .doc format
9) Close & reopen
All text is now in the left column only.
Expected Behavior:
MS Word format does not have an option (to my knowledge) to "Evenly distribute
contents to all columns." Therefore, on save, OOo Writer should insert a manual
column break between the column in order to preserve the look of the document
when saved in MS Word format. The manual breaks should be inserted where OOo
breaks the columns automatically.
-> pasan
Workaround:
1) Turn off the existing columns
2) Reselect the text
3) Format -> Columns
4) Uncheck the "Evenly distribute contents to all columns" and click ok
5) Insert a manual column break where you would like the column to break.
6) Repeat (5) for all columns you need to format
OOo exports correctly when manual comlumn breaks are used
It's annoying to go through, but it works - I checked. Moral of the story:
sometimes OOo really does have nice features that Word doesn't!
*Revised summary (hope that is ok)
*Added MS_Interoperability keyword
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