[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135008] New: Enhancement request: parallel columns

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135008

            Bug ID: 135008
           Summary: Enhancement request: parallel columns
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.5.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: ianscales at aapt.net.au

Description:
This request is that LibreOffice be able to create two independent parallel
columns that will flow from page to page. This is different from 'newspaper
columns' that flow from the left column into the right column. It is also
different from setting up a 2-column table. 

Parallel columns would be useful if: 1) you were creating a text that has the
main text in the left hand column and commentary notes in the right hand
column, 2) you wish to translate a multipage text, with original language and
translation side-by-side.

Wordperfect has this functionality. The command is Format>Columns>Parallel. See
the WP X8 Handbook, p.80-81, at
https://www.wordperfect.com/static/wpo/product_content/wordperfect/x8/wpox8-user-guide-en.pdf 

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
This request was also discussed in May 2019 at Ask LibreOffice:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/194392/writer-any-way-to-create-parallel-columns/

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