
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
Sections and Columns
• Multicolumn section: A section can contain other sections. This feature allows the user,
for example, to create a two-column section on a page of text, and then create a three-
column section within that section.
Multicolumn page: The page format (Format > Page > Columns), which always applies to
all pages with the current Page Style, is independent of the sections.
Multicolumn frame: Frames containing columns of text may be inserted. These can be
moved freely around the page (from Tools toolbar, long-click to open Insert floating toolbar,
click Insert frame icon). For these frames, for example, one can select that the text in the
frame be positioned a certain distance from the edge of the frame (Choose Format > Frame
> Wrap).
Inserting Sections
1. Place the cursor at the point to insert the new section, or select the text that is to form a
new section.
2. Choose Insert > Section. In the dialogue, define other settings for the section.
3. Click Insert.
Other documents or sections from other documents can be inserted. In this case, Links must
be checked. Enter a file name in the text box, or click “...” to search for a file. Select a
named section of the document in the Section pull-down list.
When opening a document that contains linked sections, a popup asks the user to update
these sections. If the answer is yes, the current versions of the linked sections will be
updated.
Under Windows®, the DDE method can be used to keep inserted sections up to date with the
current status of the original files. Sections can also be used as files in HTML documents.
The inserted sections are automatically updated when OpenOffice.org loads the relevant
HTML document again. Web browsers show the content of the sections as at the time the
content was saved as an HTML document.
Editing Sections
Edit the sections in the text document by choosing Format > Sections. This dialogue allows
the user to protect sections, unprotect sections, reveal hidden sections, change the conditions
and remove sections; that is turn them back into normal text.
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