Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 17960
Users should have the option to create parallel (aka unlinked) columns
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:44:16 UTC
Current columns are linked, flowing newspaper-style from one to the next. Some tasks require columnar content to be unlinked and independent, where the contents in column A should not flow into column B at the end of the page, but should continue in column A on the next page. Currently, the user does not have the option to use columns in this manner, and must use wild tricks with frames to provide a similar, but less useful, effect.
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This might be implemented by permitting a "column sequence" consisting of text frames that automatically reproduce and expand as text is entered but moving from page to page without having to copy the frames to each page. Now, to do what is requested, two (or more) columnar frames are created on a single page and then copied to however many future pages are required as each is encountered (that is, as each new page is generated). This is a very convoluted way of doing what should be an easy task.
Reassigned to BH
Paragraphs should be synchronize as in Story books (Drehbuechern) f.e. by formatting with a certain paragraph style. Col 1 | Col2 | para sty 1 | para sty 1 | next paragr next paragr para sty 1 para sty 1 next p. next p. para sty 1 para sty 1 and so on Guenter Marxen
The parallel column behaviour (which is also not present on MS-Word, but on WP) can be established using a table with corresponding count of columns. In order to have spaces between columns, an empty, narrow column can be used (padding does not apply, because this would require an individual setting for each column). Of course, this approach also represents a workaround, but can be favoured over text frames, since new pages are generated automatically when the text extends. The storybook behaviour can be accomplished by entering each paragraph in a separate cell of a table. Until OOo V2.0, one MUST use cells for each paragraph, because OOo does not support page breaks within cells (see issue 2109). Rob
I just wanted to post a very similar issue when I came across this one. So I'll post it here: It would be very good to let the user specify how much space there should be between the text and the seperator line (both from left and right). I attached a mockup. Feel free to improve it or dismiss it ;-).
This feature would also be very useful to people working with translations, who would then be able to see the original text in the first column while writing the translation to another. In some cases the text being translated is provided in more than one language, so more than two synched columns would be useful. On the other hand this could be an awesome help in _creating_ interlinear texts.
*** Issue 77158 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Hi Mathias, I have changed the current owner to your owner. Please take the ownership of these enhancements.
Please transfer this to the updated link below, which gives much more detail on why OO should add this feature, and how ... and its value to the community -- http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109523
*** Issue 109523 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Reset the assignee to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".