How do I place text to the right of a heading in OpenOffice.org?

Question

I'm writing a CV using the Word processor of OpenOffice 2.4 (the version in the normal Ubuntu Gutsy (maybe using backports, I can't remember)).

I'd like to have text in the Timeperiod style (yellow background) which I would like to have to the right of text in the Heading 2 style. My reason is that I want to conserve vertical space.

Using a table with invisible borders seems like cheating and semantically incorrect. Is there another, more correct way? (Note: I'm using the table approach in the meantime, as getting the CV done is more important. But I'm still curious about the answer and will adjust the document in case there is a better way.)

Answer 1

You could add a text frame to the end of the heading, and assign some frame style to it that lets it appear on the end of the current line (and with an invisible border). Still cheating, but IMHO better than a table.

You will have to take care about these lines not overlapping yourself.

Answer 2

Use tab stops.

Answer 3

1. Select the Heading 2 and Timeperiod lines.
2. Open the Format->Columns menu.
3. Change the number of columns to '2', and click OK.

You may need to play around with line spacing a little to make it look exactly right, but this will enable you to have two headings with different styles on the same line on the page.