Writer provides several ways for you to control page layouts:

• Page styles
• Columns
• Frames
• Tables
• Sections

For more information, see Chapter 4 (Formatting Pages) in the Writer Guide.

Page layout is usually easier if you show text, object, table, and section boundaries in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Appearance, and paragraph ends, tabs, breaks, and other items in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Formatting Aids.