OpenOffice.org Writer: Setting Up Pages with Different Column Layouts

OpenOffice.org stores information about column layouts in page styles. Thus, to set up different column layouts for different pages, you should assign different page styles to different sections of your document and apply column layouts to the appropriate section. The following steps show you how to do this:

1. Insert a page break. Open Insert menu and select Manual Break. In the Insert Break dialog, select Page Break. Click OK.
   
2. Move to the page that you want to change the column layout of. Press F11 to bring up Styles and Formatting diaglog.
   
3. In the Styles and Formatting dialog, click Page Styles icon. Right-click Default style and click New... in the context menu.
   
4. Type a new name in the Name box. Click Column tab and make desirable changes to the column layout. Click OK.
   
5. Double-click on the new page style you just created to apply the new page style to the current page.