Tom,

The problem with columns is that you can not put anything in the second column until you fill the first one.

Jerry

At 03:10 AM 12/4/2011, you wrote:
Hi :)
Columns might be easier? Hopefully there might be an appropriate chapter in the Writer guide
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

--- On Sun, 4/12/11, soumalya ray <drsouma...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: soumalya ray <drsouma...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] how to write in two separate column in writer?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Sunday, 4 December, 2011, 8:05

http://minus.com/meEEgsUGc
want to do something like this in *writer* @jerry.
jay's idea about using table with invisible sounds good.will check it
regards,

On 4 December 2011 11:47, Jay Lozier <jsloz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/03/2011 10:31 PM, soumalya ray wrote:
>
>> hi,
>> what i want to do is something like this with writer-
>>
>> hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>
>>> hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>  hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>> jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj**jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
>>>                          jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj**
>>> jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
>>>
>>>  jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj**jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
>>> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii**iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
>>>                           iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii**
>>> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
>>>
>>>  iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii**iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
>>>
>>
>> one way is to use space button repeatedly;but is there any other way to
>> achieve this?
>> regards,
>>
>>  Try using FORMAT>>COLUMNS then select on many on the dialogue box.
>
> If you are trying to have variable indent you can set the tab stops on the
> ruler (View>>Ruler) to where you want them. Then you can tab over.
>
> Another possibility is to use a table without showing any borders.
>
>
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