Assuming you mean newspaper-style columns down the page of a word-processing document...
Open a blank worksheet. click on Format, then Page, then click the Columns tab in the pop-up window. You can then design the number, width and the spaces between each. Click OK when done, and just start typing.
The maximum per spreadsheet is 1024 columns.
OpenOffice Writer will perform just as well as 'InDesign' - The Word-processor in OpenOffice is capable of doing such things as columns, indents, text highlighting, different fonts etc.
Open Office is free and open source. More people use MS office. Open Office can read MS files.
I can.
They both have different names.
Open Office by Microsoft offers a couple programs. It depends on the actual version of the Open Office, but one of the versions has three different programs.
Yes they do. Open Office will read a multitude of files created on different software programs, including Microsoft Office.
Say for example column D.E.F & G are hiding (pesky little blighters !)... Highlight the columns either side, then select Format, then Column, then Show. this will bring back all the columns from C to H
Open Office and Microsoft Works.
There is no such software. MS Office and Open Office are two entirely different suites of programs - written and developed by two entirely separate companies.
With a file open, go into the File menu and pick Save As and you can choose a different file type to save your document as.
Usually there is no need to convert, since Open Office can read excel files (except Open Office probably will have problems with macros). If you have Excel 2007, then save the file in Office 2003 compatibility mode.