One thing that I miss now and then (actually almost every time I want to do something else than just typing plain text), is the possibility to set columns in Paragraph styles. I can do that with page styles and frame styles, but often it feels like if I could do it with paragraph styles, things would be much easier to achieve.
In this very case, I want to create a few boxes with text in them, which I will print out and then cut to a specific size. The obvious way to do this, if you don't know how OpenOffice.org Writer works, is to create a rectangle of that specific size, then write the text in it. That is, however, impossible, since I can not select anything in the Styles window when text in a rectangle is selected. I just can't stop wondering why. Next idea was frames, but that also failed. Yes, I can have two (for example) columns in a frame, BUT I can not mix two-columns text with one-column text in it. Sure I can create two frames and place them close to each other, but I can't group them so I can move them both at the same time! I think I could solve the problem by creating custom labels, and experiment with styles and frames, but it doesn't seem to be very intuitive. What I want, is several 80×50 mm rectangles (with visible borders) on an ordinary A4. I will print them out and then just cut them manually (using ordinary scissors). Every rectangle has a header which is centred above the text below. The text body is a number list of two columns. Any hints tips and tricks to do this easily? Would an enhancement suggestion in IssueZilla be meaningful, or is it just me who think it would be really nice to set columns in paragraph styles? At least it would easily solve my problem, using frames and paragraph styles. If it also was possible to use styles within rectangles, I would have two intuitive options. Shouldn't it be possible to treat text the same, no matter if it's on a page or in a rectangle? Johnny Andersson
