[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 122340] Cannot work with sections

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122340

--- Comment #1 from Justin L <jluth at mail.com> ---
You are mixing up/combining two different ideas here.  I think that mostly you
are referring to page styles (landscape/portrait, and possibly columns). True
sections (in the LO sense of sections - which is very different from MS Office)
have limited value in LO (short columns).

Page breaks are indicated (and managed) by dashed blue lines in between pages.
They can also be managed in the paragraph properties (typically of the first
paragraph on the page). You want the "text flow" tab with "insert page break
before" and also "with page style xxxx".

So there are many different workflows you could use for this, but here is one
way that might seem logical.
0.) create a new page style if you aren't using one of the defaults (styles
menu - manage styles).
1.) Insert menu - page break
2.) Click on the blue line between the pages and "edit page break"
3.) Tell it what page style you want this next page to be.
4.) Make any changes to the page style, like headers/footers etc.

In terms of actually seeing where a true section starts, I use the
"background/fill" feature of the section while working to confirm where it
starts/ends.

In terms of previous sections turning into columns, I'd guess that is actually
page styles again.  Sections are used to create partial-page columns, and page
styles of course can define columns for the entire page.  You would need two
different page styles (separated by a "page break with page style yyyy") in
order to keep the columns differentiated.

I think you will mostly be helped by replacing "sections" with "page styles" in
your mind (and google searches).

P.S. I would not classify a document with columns and mixed portrait/landscape
as a simple document. Additionally, this entire area (sections/page styles) is
a nightmare in terms of compatibility with MS formats. I hope you are saving in
.odt formats for this, or you will be adding to your frustrations. Please
attach an example document if you want more specific help.

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