Subject: Re: multiple columns universal?
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 23 2001 - 20:56:12 CST
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 08:57:21AM -0800, Ralph Shumaker wrote:
> I just tried to use the multiple column feature to make a manual
> copy of a magazine page appear the same as it did in the magazine.
> When I did so, it changed to three column mode EVERYTHING, not just
> the selected text. Even the title, subtitle, sub-subtitle, and the
> post-title were dumped into the resulting three column mode. It
> appears to me that multicolumn mode cannot be applied to selected
> text. It seems that it's either the whole document, or none.
>
> What gives? Is this its intended usage? Or will it eventually have
> the ability to be applied to selected portions of text "within" the
> document (I hope.)?
The column mode applies to the current section. Adding a section
break is what you want to do here. 0.7.11 doesn't have a UI for
entering section breaks, but 0.7.13, which should be released tonight,
does.
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