Keith - Have you considered defining 2-column and 3-column page styles? Press F11 to see the Styles dialogue; click on the icon for Page Styles; right-click on 'Default Page Style'; and click on 'New'. There's a tab for Columns. When you want to switch page styles, you can do Insert > More Breaks > Manual Break. Then select 'Page break' and the desired style for the next page.
- Robert ________________________________ From: Keith Jackson <kmjack...@sympatico.ca> Sent: March 19, 2024 11:56 To: Mike Flannigan <mf...@mflan.com> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: putting text in 2 or 3 columns on a single page [You don't often get email from kmjack...@sympatico.ca. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] Thanks, Mike, for your suggestion. I had 3 ideas actually based on what I saw in the LibreOffice Writer manual. I wondered if Frames, or Sections, or Tables were the best approach since it looked like any of these might work. Having 3 tables side by side on the same page might work but I think text for that page would have to be manually inserted into the tables and it wouldn’t flow automatically from the first to the second and to the third table. I wasn’t clear on the application of frames or sections to do this which is why I thought I’d ask the support email. another person wrote me and basically suggested a section as the best solution. But your suggestion was much appreciated. Thanks, Keith > On Mar 19, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Mike Flannigan <mf...@mflan.com> wrote: > > > Setting individual tables that are left aligned, or center > aligned, or right aligned may be a good option. > > > Mike > > > On 3/19/24 09:06, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > <mailto:users+h...@global.libreoffice.org> wrote: >> >> users_59192.eml >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] putting text in 2 or 3 columns on a single page >> From: Keith Jackson <kmjack...@sympatico.ca> <mailto:kmjack...@sympatico.ca> >> Date: 3/18/24, 20:57 >> To: users@global.libreoffice.org <mailto:users@global.libreoffice.org> >> You may have seen this question many times so I will apologize in advance >> for asking it. >> >> I have a Writer document formatted as docx. It will contain some of my >> father’s poems but I have a need on a few pages to have the poem appear in >> two or three columns on a page continuing from the bottom of, or a specified >> point in, the first column to the second column and, in one case, to a third >> column. The text must not wrap within each column because it is lines of >> poetry. >> >> Can you tell me the best way to do this? I’ve checked the manual and have >> some ideas but would appreciate someone guiding me to the best method to do >> this. >> >> Thank you for your time in advance. 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Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] Thanks, Mike, for your suggestion. I had 3 ideas actually based on what I saw in the LibreOffice Writer manual. I wondered if Frames, or Sections, or Tables were the best approach since it looked like any of these might work. Having 3 tables side by side on the same page might work but I think text for that page would have to be manually inserted into the tables and it wouldn’t flow automatically from the first to the second and to the third table. I wasn’t clear on the application of frames or sections to do this which is why I thought I’d ask the support email. another person wrote me and basically suggested a section as the best solution. But your suggestion was much appreciated. Thanks, Keith > On Mar 19, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Mike Flannigan <mf...@mflan.com> wrote: > > > Setting individual tables that are left aligned, or center > aligned, or right aligned may be a good option. > > > Mike > > > On 3/19/24 09:06, users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > <mailto:users+h...@global.libreoffice.org> wrote: >> >> users_59192.eml >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] putting text in 2 or 3 columns on a single page >> From: Keith Jackson <kmjack...@sympatico.ca> <mailto:kmjack...@sympatico.ca> >> Date: 3/18/24, 20:57 >> To: users@global.libreoffice.org <mailto:users@global.libreoffice.org> >> You may have seen this question many times so I will apologize in advance >> for asking it. >> >> I have a Writer document formatted as docx. It will contain some of my >> father’s poems but I have a need on a few pages to have the poem appear in >> two or three columns on a page continuing from the bottom of, or a specified >> point in, the first column to the second column and, in one case, to a third >> column. The text must not wrap within each column because it is lines of >> poetry. >> >> Can you tell me the best way to do this? I’ve checked the manual and have >> some ideas but would appreciate someone guiding me to the best method to do >> this. >> >> Thank you for your time in advance. 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