[Solved] Cannot Type in Empty Space

[ciksehari]

Hi all, would like to apologize if the similar issue has been solved before. I create columns in the Open Office Writer and I can perfectly type words in those columns. However, when I reach at the end of my columns, I suddenly unable to type at the empty space below the column.

Can someone help? Thanks!

[RoryOF]

How are you defining your columns? are you using a Section or a table? If a Section, turn on /View /non printing characters, position cursor as very last character in the section and press Alt Enter to exit the section to the area below it.

[Zizi64]

Please upload your real ODF type sample file here.

[Bill]

The Status Bar indicates that the insertion point is in a table. It's not visible in the screen shot. Are the "columns" at the top of the page section columns, page columns or table columns? View > Nonprinting characters hasn't been turned on, so it's impossible to tell if there is an empty paragraph in the area below the columns. There is apparently another page following the page shown in the screen shot, but no mention of whether text can be typed on that page. Without a real document, all we can do is guess about the problem.

[John_Ha]

The document is in READ ONLY mode - click the EDIT icon to open it as a copy and be able to edit it.

As a relatively new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

If your problem is solved please view your first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.

[Hagar Delest]

The document is in READ ONLY mode

Not at all.
The icon IS active. If in read_only, you would not see the language in the status bar.

Put your cursor in the last cell and hit Alt+Enter.
If it works, it means that there has been some trick that removed the paragraph after the table. Usually, a table is followed by a blank paragraph. There are tricks to remove them but I don't think they can be applied involuntarily.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the edit button if your issue has been fixed.

[ciksehari]

Put your cursor in the last cell and hit Alt+Enter.
If it works, it means that there has been some trick that removed the paragraph after the table. Usually, a table is followed by a blank paragraph. There are tricks to remove them but I don't think they can be applied involuntarily.

Yes, it works! I am sorry for responding much later than I should. Thanks a lot, Hagar!

For all expert members, I really appreciate the helps!

[ciksehari]

As a relatively new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages. The chapter headings in the manual are:
1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing, and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

Thanks, John! I will check them out