Bug 122282 - SectPr nextColumn section break doesn't connect to the previous columns
Summary: SectPr nextColumn section break doesn't connect to the previous columns
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:docx
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Blocks: Page-Layout-Columns DOCX-Page
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Reported: 2018-12-22 16:54 UTC by Justin L
Modified: 2023-05-18 13:22 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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n652364.docx: just open this one page document in LibreOffice (8.76 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2018-12-22 16:54 UTC, Justin L
Details
n652364.pdf: as seen by Word 2010 (81.99 KB, application/pdf)
2019-01-03 07:34 UTC, Justin L
Details

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Description Justin L 2018-12-22 16:54:08 UTC
Created attachment 147778 [details]
n652364.docx: just open this one page document in LibreOffice

Handling a manual column break is easy. Handling a section column break is hard because this is completely different from LibreOffice's use of sections. The previous section will need to be expanded to encompass this section.

I'm not sure what the purpose is of having one column be in a different section than another column in Microsoft office, but fortunately there don't seem to be many examples of them. Likely this is a new capability, because I don't see how to create this in Word 2003.

This document ought to be a single page, and the two Text 1 entries should be in column 1 while the two Text2 entries should be in column 2.

Instead, Text1 is balanced across both columns, and then there is a page break before the pair of Text 2 entries - which are no longer in columns.
Comment 1 Durgapriyanka 2019-01-02 20:48:48 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present in 

Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 3c964980da07892a02d5ac721d80558c459532d0
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2018-12-12_02:07:45
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Justin L 2019-01-03 07:34:47 UTC
Created attachment 147968 [details]
n652364.pdf: as seen by Word 2010
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2021-01-03 03:37:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete, spam)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2023-01-04 03:19:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete, spam)
Comment 5 Justin L 2023-05-18 13:22:50 UTC
repro 7.6+