Writer Guide

Changing the number of columns for existing text
You might want some parts of a page to have one column and other
parts of the page to have two or more columns. For example, you might
have a page-width headline over a three-column news story.
You can create columns and then type or paste text into them, or you
can select some existing text and change the number of columns for
displaying it.
When you select text and change the number of columns for that text,
Writer turns the selected text into a section , as described in “Using
sections for page layout” on page 132.
Tip
You cannot select text on a two-column page and change it to a
single column using this method. Instead, you need to define a
single-column page and then select the text you want to be in a
two-column section.
Figure 102 shows the Columns dialog box for a selection. Notice that
the Apply to box on the right-hand side has Selection highlighted and
an extra option (Evenly distribute contents to all columns) appears
in the upper left-hand part of the dialog box.
Figure 102: Specifying columns for a selection
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