Just in time to keep up with my goal of publishing at least one article per month…
Sometimes you just have to have several columns in article in OpenOffice’s Writer. And sometimes you realize that the idea looked much better in your head than on the screen and you want to get rid of it again. The obvious columns are easy to get rid off but sometimes there are leftovers…
The original text without columns:
No columns
The same text with the second and third paragraph in two columns:
2 columns
The text after reverting back to one column:
No more columns but with sections
Do you see those grey lines? You can’t get rid off those via the menu “Format” -> “Columns…”
Instead click into the area contained within those grey lines and via the menu “Format” -> “Sections”, select the appropriate section e.g. “Section1” and remove it via “Remove” on the right side”. Confirm by clicking on “OK” and you’re back to square one.