Hi :) I think text-boxes linked together might do the trick. Text boxes on odd-numbered pages or to the right-hand side of the page would only link to other odd-numbered pages or to the right-hand side on subsequent pages. Similarly with even-numbered or left-hand boxes.
I still haven't figured this out for myself and only have a very minor quarterly case where it might be useful. Regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2014 16:23, Joe Conner <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you considered using Calc for this, you can adjust the formatting to > have text roll into a new line automatically. Then you can copy/paste into > a word document if you find it necessary. > > Blessings, Joe Conner: Poulsbo, WA USA > > > On 10/15/2014 07:29 AM, Marc Grober wrote: > >> Sorry Dan, but I really don't understand where you are going with this. >> I have two streams of text. I would like to have one stream on one >> side, and the other stream on the other side of facing pages. That way I >> can break the flow of either without having to alternate text (which how >> it is done now) >> >> On 10/15/14 4:58 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: >> >>> On 10/15/2014 08:26 AM, Ginterak wrote: >>> >>>> Dan, >>>> If I place 1000 words in the left page, the words are still going to >>>> overflow onto the right page - I am not sure what your idea is >>>> actually accomplishing. >>>> >>> In my reply, I keyed on having the original on the left page and >>> the translation on the right page. By having these appear side by >>> side, one can see both at the same time and compare them if desired. >>> What seems to be obvious to me is that the number of words >>> required for a given thought in different languages can be different. >>> So what would be a full page for one language may be less than or more >>> than a page. So there is no guarantee that the the same thoughts will >>> be contained in side by side pages. So, what purpose does having >>> original and translation being side by side? It is quite possible that >>> in a rather long article, some of the side by side pages may not have >>> any thoughts in common. >>> My thoughts came from how a Bible program handles this situation. >>> For example, I have German and English translations of the Bible side >>> by side. There the same verses are shown for them. Sometimes there are >>> extra spaces on the German side, and sometimes there are extra on the >>> English side. I also have a German-English New Testament from the >>> 1800's. It also has the same print layout. >>> A very important question is: What is the purpose of having the >>> original and the translation side by side? This should determine the >>> layout. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 10/14/2014 12:15 PM, Marc Grober wrote: >>>>>> Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by >>>>>> side >>>>>> pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you >>>>>> have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. >>>>>> This is done easily enough in columns, but there must be some way to >>>>>> pass two threads of raw text to a section in which one thread is >>>>>> passed >>>>>> only to odd pages and the other only to even pages, or are we stuck >>>>>> with alternating the text manually and inserting a gazillion page >>>>>> breaks? >>>>>> >>>>> I think that page styles will do it. Open an untitled document >>>>> in Writer. Use the F4 key to open the Styles and Formating Window. >>>>> Click the "Page Styles" icon at the top of this window. Double click >>>>> "First Page" from the lists of page styles to apply this style to >>>>> the page. Then right click "First Page" and select Modify from the >>>>> context menu. Change the "Next Style" property to "Left Page". Click >>>>> OK. >>>>> This should do it. Enter the original text on the left pages >>>>> and the translations on the right pages. >>>>> The reason this works is because of styles. They insure that >>>>> each left page is followed by a right page which is followed by a >>>>> left page... Writer is designed to begin with the first page on the >>>>> right, so you need the "First Page" to fulfill this need. From then >>>>> on the left and right pages will follow correctly. (No page breaks >>>>> are needed.) >>>>> In the bottom right corner of the Writer window are three icons >>>>> of pages. The one of the right is the one you should click if it is >>>>> not highlighted. This places two pages in the window beginning with >>>>> a right page first followed by a left right page combination. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>>>> Problems? >>>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>>> Posting guidelines + more: >>>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >>>>> be deleted >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
