John I type the lot, then highlight the area I want set out in more columns and format that as 2 (or 4 or 3) columns.Works for me.
Also fits the old concept that you get it on screen then make it look good. Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia +61(0)408 522 706 keithr...@gmail.com 2009/3/31 Richard Detwiler <rldetwi...@frontiernet.net>: > John Kaufmann wrote: >> >> How does one have multiple page formats in a Writer (or other OO) document >> - either with or without use of Page styles? [Example: a page without >> columns (that is, 1 column) followed by a page with two columns, followed by >> a page without columns.] >> >> I have tried: >> - Formatting one page, then inserting a page break, then formatting the >> next page. >> - Setting a page style for one page, then inserting a page break, then >> setting a page style for the next page. >> Either way it breaks: whenever the page format is changed, or a new page >> style is invoked, it seems to apply to the whole document. >> >> This seems like a common problem, and thus pretty basic requirement, for a >> word processor, but I've wasted a lot of time looking for an answer. The >> Wiki >> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Working_with_page_styles> >> spuriously touches on this topic - in the context of a cover page followed >> by default pages - and then dithers into an irrelevant discussion of how to >> set page style. [One might infer that the only way it even contemplates >> using multiple styles per page is in that context of a cover page and later >> pages.] It never returns to the question of how to invoke multiple styles >> in a document. >> >> I can't believe this is not possible. Anyone know the secret? >> >> John > > I do this all the time for a newsletter than I'm the editor of. There may be > other ways, but here is what I do, which works well. You can change column > formats (from single column to two column for example) within a page. > > I use sections. Each section can be configured with however many columns you > like. To do this, go to Insert > Section, and then click on the Columns tab > in the section dialog. > > Let me know if you need any more specific guidance. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
