[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 108546] New: [FORMATTING] Sections in Footnotes cannot be formatted into multiple columns

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108546

            Bug ID: 108546
           Summary: [FORMATTING] Sections in Footnotes cannot be formatted
                    into multiple columns
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.2.3.3 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mvonpreussen at gmail.com

Description:
When attempting to format a section within footnotes to display in multiple
columns, nothing happens.

The section says (in both [Format > Columns] and [Format > Sections > Options >
Columns]) that it is formatted into multiple columns; however, it is not
actually formatted as such.

This occurs whether one attempts to format the entire footnotes section into
columns, or only a portion thereof. It also occurs whether one attempts to
apply the column formatting via [Format > Columns] or via [Insert > Section >
Columns] (I've chosen to describe the latter process only in the Steps to
Reproduce for simplicity).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert a footnote via [Insert > Footnote and Endnote > Footnote].
2. Type some text in the footnote. Optionally, create a new line with some
text, if you only want to format a portion of the footnotes into columns. For
best illustration, make it a long string of text.
3. Select this line.
4. Go to [Insert > Section > Columns] and change the number of columns to be
greater than 1. Press [Insert].

Actual Results:  
A section is inserted at the desired location (after the program sort of freaks
out for a moment like it doesn't know where to put it), but it is not formatted
into multiple columns.

Expected Results:
As above, but formatted into multiple columns.


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
The four-year-old bug 58381 is potentially related to this, but I have not
specifically tested whether this affects endnotes.


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