LibreOffice 4.0 Writer Guide - The Document Foundation Wiki

To create a table for use with a sidehead:
1) Place the cursor where you want the table to appear and choose Insert > Table (Ctrl+F12).
2) In the Insert Table dialog, define a one-row, two-column table with no border and no
heading. Click OK to create the table.
Figure 125: Defining a two-column borderless table with no header
3) Right-click on the table and choose Table from the pop-up menu. On the Columns page of
the Table Format dialog, make the columns the required width.
Figure 126: Defining a two-column table to line up with text offset at 1.2 inches
4) On the Table page of the Table Format dialog (Figure 127), in the Spacing section, make
the Above and Below values the same as the Top and Bottom spacing you have defined for
ordinary paragraphs of text. Click OK to save your settings.
Tip
To check the top and bottom spacing for ordinary paragraphs:
1) Position the cursor in a paragraph and press F11 (unless the Styles and
Formatting window is already open). Check that the Styles and Formatting
window shows paragraph styles (top left button).
2) The current style should be highlighted. If no paragraph style is highlighted,
select All Styles in the bottom drop-down list. Right-click on it and select
Modify from the pop-up list.
3) Go to the Indents & Spacing page and look in the Spacing area for the values
in Above paragraph and Below paragraph.
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