On 05/30/2013 05:44 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > I have been using Word Perfect in Virtual Box to produce a three column > page. It has worked fine for me for several year. However, it does > require starting up Virtual Box. The concept is simple enough that I > should be able to do the job in LibreOffice Writer. In fact, I can > generate a three column page in LO Writer, and it prints fine. The > problem comes when I save, and then re-open the file. Instead of having > three columns, I have three pages. I turned on the feature that shows > separator line between the columns, and these still show. But I can't > get to the second and third columns. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks. > Works fine here with LO Writer Version 4.0.2.2. I opened an old MS Word 97 doc, coverted to 3 columns, saved, it reopened fine. I don"t have WP docs so can't test that one.
Now, when you save your document, did you explicitly say to save in ODT format? I think, LO, by default, tries to save back into the original file format and the conversion to WP my be gimpy. -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
