On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:31:54 +0000
sajjad sheikh <sajjadsheik...@outlook.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>      Hope you guys are doing well. i just have a query about the "column" 
> section of your writer guide in which it is written that if " the text is 
> distributed equally the writer fills first line of each column followed by 
> second line of each column and so on". How is it possible that when we are 
> reading any column the column text flows from first column followed by second 
> column and so on but the writer while distributing text evenly fills first 
> lines of each column followed by second lines of each column and the text 
> will flow across columns?How does writer prevent that?
> 
> 
> Yours sincerely.


Text flows down the column.  When it gets to the bottom, it starts at the top 
of the next column.  If you have sufficient text for your need in the first 
column, you can /Insert /Manual Break /Column break to tell OpenOffice to start 
filling text in the next column.

I haven't had time yet to look at what the manual says.

If you need text aligning across columns, don't use the Column option.  Instead 
use a table with as many rows and columns as you require.  Insert your text in 
the first cell.  When you have sufficient, move to the next cell in that row 
and insert the matching text.  You need to decide when you have sufficient text 
in each cell - OO won't automatically flow text to the next cell. 

-- 
Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>

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