[Solved] Change number of columns

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HowardJ
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[Solved] Change number of columns

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I frequently use columns in documents I write using AOO Writer. But sometimes I have second thoughts and want to change the number or remove them altogether. So far the olny way I have found is to copy all the text into a place where there are no columns set, delete the section where the columns are and start over.
Is there an easier way?
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Re: Change number of columns

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See Working With Tables in Writer

Briefly, right click in the column or row you want to modify and look at the Cell or Row options available.
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Re: Change number of columns

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Yes thanks. I'd not thought of it that way before, but a two column document is just a sort of giant table.
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Re: Change number of columns SOLVED

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I misread your question - for columns, you can use Format | Columns to alter the number of columns.

Depending on what you are doing, tables may be a better option.
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Re: [Solved] Change number of columns

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When you want to use columns on a page but want not on other in a document, then it is better to create and apply different Page Styles.
You can change the properties of the applied Page styles.



If you use the Sections inside a page for a different layout then you must edit it or delete is - when you want to use something other formatting properties.
Right click on the Section - From the appeared Context menu: Edit Section - Options (button) - change the number of the Columns.
(Checked in my Libreofice 6.1.6)

In the AOO 4.1.9:
Left click on a section - From the main Menu: Format - Section - Options (button) - change the number of the Columns.
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Re: [Solved] Change number of columns

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I think this Tutorial
[Tutorial] Columns in Writer: an introduction
will give you a number of ways of handling columns in Writer.
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