Thanks Brian, although I found it confusing that the "insert" was
grayed out if I attempted to format before inserting. The other
difficulty was in getting the two columns the same width. It
seemed as though it kept remembering the width of the prior
section. Eventually I got it though.
Another question. Is there a "clear formatting/style" command so
I can remove the old formatting/style before imposing a new one?
Sometimes it seems to keep elements of the old, like point size,
even though you have modified the style.
Allen
Brian Barker wrote:
At 14:54 12/12/2007 -0800, Allen Noname wrote:
I'm using OO 2.2 and doing a single sided sheet in Writer which has a
page wide logo box at the top of the page and a footer logo. I tried
to create a snaking two column text box that would start under the
logo and end before the page wide footer. I couldn't seem to control
its placement via anchors so that the text lined up with the top and
bottom logos.
Failing this I inserted a 2 column table but I can't seem to find a
way to snake the text from column 1 to column 2 automagically. What
happens is the table extends onto the next page when too much text in
the column for the space. Can't have that as it all has to stay on one
side of one sheet.
The way to do this is probably using sections. After your full-width
item at the top, go to Insert | Section... . On the columns tab, select
two columns and any other required options - possibly "Evenly distribute
contents to all columns". You can now enter text into your two-column
section and other material into the full-width area below. Note that
you can control the margins and so on of the section independently of
those of the rest of the page.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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