Bug 67497 - HELP Description /link Page formatting & Columns incomplete
Summary: HELP Description /link Page formatting & Columns incomplete
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.0.4 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) All
: medium minor
Assignee: sdc.blanco
URL:
Whiteboard: target:7.1.0
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Blocks: Help-Changes-Features
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Reported: 2013-07-29 18:32 UTC by Petros Zimourtopoulos
Modified: 2020-11-16 02:42 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Petros Zimourtopoulos 2013-07-29 18:32:38 UTC
-> https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Columns

<- Columns

<- Specifies the number of columns and the column layout for a page style, frame, or section.

<- ...

<- Choose Format - Styles and Formatting - open context menu Modify/New - Columns tab

===================================

but there in no such: [Columns tab]
Comment 1 Cor Nouws 2013-07-29 21:29:05 UTC
Hi Petros,

thank you for reporting this mistake in the Help.

I think it should read:
 Choose Format - Styles and Formatting - Page Styles - Select page - open context menu Modify/New - Columns tab

regards,
Cor
Comment 2 Petros Zimourtopoulos 2013-07-30 09:11:14 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Hi Petros,
> 
> thank you for reporting this mistake in the Help.
> 
> I think it should read:
>  Choose Format - Styles and Formatting - Page Styles - Select page - open
> context menu Modify/New - Columns tab
> 
> regards,
> Cor

Hi Cor, 

Yes, that is correct regarding the Help, but then Columns is restricted to be a part of Page Styles only, and not of Paragraph Styles, as it should be as Selection. 

However, it seems that this is rather an omission and not a mistake, error or bug.

Regards,

Petros
Comment 3 Cor Nouws 2013-07-30 21:13:28 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)

> Yes, that is correct regarding the Help, but then Columns is restricted to
> be a part of Page Styles only, and not of Paragraph Styles, as it should be
> as Selection. 

Therefor one can insert a section ;)
Comment 4 Petros Zimourtopoulos 2013-07-31 12:15:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> Therefor one can insert a section ;)

- It seems that you are right. Thank you very much; indeed.
Comment 5 Petros Zimourtopoulos 2013-07-31 17:35:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > (In reply to comment #2)
> > Therefor one can insert a section ;)
> 
> - It seems that you are right. Thank you very much; indeed.

- Well, rather Frame Styles, than Section:

  https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
  Writer Guide 4.0 (word processor): ODT, PDF, Printed copy (Buy)
  Chapter 3  Using Styles and Templates | 61 

  Do you agree?
Comment 6 Petros Zimourtopoulos 2013-07-31 17:43:55 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > (In reply to comment #2)
> > > Therefor one can insert a section ;)
> > 
> > - It seems that you are right. Thank you very much; indeed.
> 
> - Well, rather Frame Styles, than Section:
> 
>   https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
>   Writer Guide 4.0 (word processor): ODT, PDF, Printed copy (Buy)
>   Chapter 3  Using Styles and Templates | 61 
> 
>   Do you agree?

- Specifically:

  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/3/35/WG40-WriterGuideLO.pdf
  Writer Guide 4.0 (word processor): PDF
  Chapter 3  
  Using Styles and Templates 
  p. 61: 
 
 "Frame styles are used to format ... columns."

  Regards,

  Petros
Comment 7 sophie 2013-09-15 10:27:59 UTC
Assigned to me - Sophie
Comment 8 steve 2015-05-03 08:05:37 UTC
Just a ping: @sophie, are you on this? Or should we free this bug?
Comment 9 Xisco Faulí 2019-01-01 19:29:00 UTC
Dear sophie,
This bug has been in ASSIGNED status for more than 3 months without any
activity. Resetting it to NEW.
Please assigned it back to yourself if you're still working on this.
Comment 10 sandy jiil 2019-02-22 15:28:59 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 11 Commit Notification 2020-11-08 11:56:47 UTC
Seth Chaiklin committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/6ffdb160021577b5d48a0095bee6a996b0f4a6d4

tdf#67497 update format column tab for page/frame/section
Comment 12 sdc.blanco 2020-11-08 13:44:49 UTC
The problem identified in the Wiki was carried over to the online help (and helppacks), and suggested repair (comment 1) is now pushed to master.  At the same there, there was a general updating of the help page for columns (to correspond to LO 7.1).  

Will close this bug as FIXED, but you are welcome to report any additional problems here with the help page for Format - Columns tab.
Comment 13 sdc.blanco 2020-11-16 02:42:23 UTC
For the curious: the updated page can be seen at: https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-US/text/swriter/01/05040500.html