At 19:48 12/12/2007 -0800, Allen Noname wrote:
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.
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.
o I'm not sure how you managed to get the entire Insert menu greyed
out: I can't reproduce that, in fact. (I'm using 2.3.0, but I doubt
that is relevant.)
o You can make the two columns of a section have the same width by
choosing the AutoWidth option under "Width and spacing" on the
Columns tab of the Insert Section dialogue. Indeed, this appears to
be the default setting.
o If you apply a paragraph style but some aspects of formatting
remain, they must have been imposed at character level, I think. To
remove this, select the relevant material and go to Format | Default
Formatting (or right-click | Default Formatting or Ctrl+Shift+Space).
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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