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.