There is a bug when formatting text to remove columns. Selecting text and setting columns to one (Format->Columns and select 1) does not work, generating a "N-columns trap" [1] Steps to reproduce it: 1. Create an empty document and fill it with text 2. Select the text and format it to two columns (Format->Columns, 2) 3. Select a portion of the text and format it to one column (Format->Columns, 1) Expected result: The selected text switches to one column. Actual result: Nothing happens. As in the discussion at [1], somebody suggested the usage of sections, but I think this method only 'wraps' the problem and the bug here described. I believe this is a major usability issue, because it makes very hard to properly format the text, and to move back and forth between different formats. Although, I think it's also a bug, because when following the steps above, the expected behavior (i.e., selected text does not change formatting) does not happen. [1] http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/21898/how-to-escape-two-columns-trap/
Reproducible with LO 4.4.1.2, Win 8.1 If I only change a part of the text to two columns it is not possible to make again only one column out of this. Only if I select the whole text and change it to two columns and then select again all the text then I can change it back to only one column.
This has always been the case back to LO 3.3.0 -> Version: Inherited from OOo
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