Brian, Thanks. I upgraded to v3.1.0, but the problem persists.
I also noticed that after re-loading the file where the formatting appeared to correct itself, so maybe this is what you saw. However, there was still some odd behaviour when attempting to edit the text. For those interested, the issue can be replicated as follows: Open the following .doc file in OO. (This is a plain ascii text file with unix style end-of-line characters.) http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/63067/columns_bug.doc In the dialog "ASCII Filter Options", leave all options as default, including Paragraph break = LF, and click OK. The file is loaded. Select menu Format | Columns... In the dialog "Columns", choose Columns = 5, Spacing = 0.20cm, Line = 0.05pt, and click OK. The file should now be displayed with 5 columns. Scroll down to page-2, it displays only 1 column. Please see this .pdf file for example: http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/63069/columns_bug.pdf I've raised a bug report: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=102910 I'm using v3.1.0, OOO310m11 (Build 9399), WinXP. Cheers. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 01:33:11PM +0100, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:24 18/06/2009 +0100, Nobody Noname wrote: > >I'm having trouble with columns in Writer 3.0.1, WinXp. > > > >I've formatted the document for 4 columns per page. It's a > >multi-page document with no page breaks inserted. The problem is > >that but page-2 shows only 1 column. > > I've opened your document and on my system (3.1 for Windows XP) it > shows three pages, all of which are formatted for four > columns. Indeed, they all have the same page style: Default. > > >Would someone be able to look at the file please and tell me if it's > >something I did wrong or is it a bug in OO? > > If it is a bug (and I'm not saying it is), perhaps it was in 3.0.1 > and was corrected in 3.1. You may want to upgrade. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
