Description: I tried to open in Writer a (one-column) document created in MS Word (.docx), which contained footnotes formatted in three columns. In Writer the footnotes were rendered in just ONE column on the left, ruining the whole document idea as in this case it is crucial that the footnotes (quite a lot in the document) are multi-column formatted to provide enough space for the body text and not take half of the page for footnotes. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create a simple one-column document in MSWord (.docx), containing, say, 12 footnotes, which are formatted in three columns 2. Open the document in Writer 3. Actual Results: The footnotes (originally formatted in three columns, in MS Word) show in just one column on the left, taking a lot of space of the whole page (and the footnotes-space on the right is left unused and empty). Expected Results: I would expect that the footnotes formatted (in MS Word) in three columns show also in Writer in three columns and not in one column. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: LibreOffice is a great product and its current functionality seems not to be so far away from a professional typesetting system as well. If the gap between LO and professional typesetting systems could be approximated, that would be really great as it could then be used for professional typography goals.
Hello, Thank you for reporting the bug. I can reproduce the reported issue. Moving to NEW. Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.3; UI render: default; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Sincerely, Chika
Created attachment 197515 [details] MS Word and LibreOffice Writer
Any chance that this gets fixed?
This is still present in Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 620(Build:0) CPU threads: 32; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
LibreOffice currently does not support multi-column layout for footnotes, so I believe this is not a "bug" in the strict sense, but rather a missing feature. There is a related question on Ask LibreOffice: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-to-have-multicolumn-footnotes-for-a-page/21835 If this report is reclassified as an "enhancement", there might be a chance for future implementation—depending on whether the development team considers it both necessary and feasible, and on the ODF specification.