2009/2/7 William R Mussatto <[email protected]>

> I'm not sure this is possible in OO. (Its trivial in Word Perfect but..)
> First thanks for the reference to "Manual Break", that's what its called.
>
> I'm trying to format two columns with the information  as follows
>
> _Column 1                                                             |
> Column 2                           _
> First set of text.  The quick brown fox jumped       | Who is speaking
> over the lazy dog. Now is the time for all good       |
> men to come to the aid of their country.                  |
>
> Second set of text. The quick brown fox jumped    | Who is speaking
> over the lazy dog. Now is the time for all good       |
> men to come to the aid of their country.                  |
>
> I tried putting in Manual Breaks and that gets me to the second column fine
> but when I try to go back to the first column with another manual break I go
> to the top of the next page.
> So far I've had to do it with tables.   Any thoughts.
>
> thanks
>
> Bill Mussatto
>

Your example loooks like a screenplay. There's a (very old) Writer template
for screenplays at http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#98242 and a very recent
one at http://templates.services.openoffice.org/en/node/767

HTH.

-- 
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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