At 21:27 30/03/2014 -0700, Andrew Noname wrote:
I would like to divide my page into two independently controlled
columns. Creating columns is easy enough to do. However, I want
the text in each column to start at the top of each column. Think
of two lists that are independent of each other, column 2 is NOT
simply a continuation of column 1. [...]
I know that I can hit enter 30 times or so in the first column in
order to start the text at the top of the second column, but I was
hoping there was a smarter way, ...
You can get to the top of a new column very simply and neatly by
going to Insert | Manual Break... | Type | Column break. But that
still doesn't really serve your purpose, since although you talk of a
single page, your text might eventually want to expand to multiple
pages. In that case, text from the left column would flow into the
right column on the first page, not the left column on the second;
text from the right column on the first page to the left column, not
the right column, of the second. These are called "newspaper columns".
Simple in concept... not so simple to make happen in Writer.
Actually, it is very simple. Go to Table | Insert > | Table... and
create a table with two columns and (probably) one row. You will
find that the table cells expand as necessary to accommodate your
text - even to additional pages - and that the two columns will
remain independent.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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