diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
index fced3af..7ceb404 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ public class Separator {
 			node = node.getParentNode();
 		}
 		Node result = node.getParentNode();
-		if (node.getChildNodes().getLength() == 0){
-			result.removeChild(node);
+		if (node.getChildNodes().getLength() == 1){
+			if (node.getFirstChild().getChildNodes().getLength() == 0) {
+				result.removeChild(node);	
+			}
 		}
 		
 		return result;
diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/TextParser.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/TextParser.java
index 34601f8..3151183 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/TextParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/TextParser.java
@@ -1821,10 +1821,8 @@ public class TextParser extends Parser {
 	private void setPageContainerStyle() {
 		MasterPage mp = ofr.getFullMasterPage(currentMasterPage);
 		PageLayout layout = ofr.getPageLayout(mp.getPageLayoutName());
-		if (layout.getColCount() != 1) {
-			String containerStyle = "column-count: " + layout.getColCount() + ";";
-			pageContainer.setRootStyle(containerStyle);	
-		}
+		String containerStyle = "column-count: " + layout.getColCount() + ";";
+		pageContainer.setRootStyle(containerStyle);	
 	}
 
 	private void fitPageNumberToMasterPageStyle() {