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Presets group box
Here you can select one of several pre-defined column layouts by clicking on it
with the mouse.
Columns group box
Lets you specify the number, width and spacing of columns.
Enter the desired number of columns at Number.
Specify the width and spacing of the columns at Width and Spacing respectively.
If Equal column width is checked, all columns will have the same
width and spacing. If this option is unchecked, you can specify a different
width and spacing for each column.
Height
Let you specify the height of the columns:
Auto: When you select this setting, TextMaker automatically adjusts the height
of the columns based on the length of the text, so the text is fitted into columns
of equal height.
Page height: With this setting, the column height is set equal to the page height
– independently of text length.
Fixed height: When you select this setting, you can specify a fixed column
height.
Page break
If this option is checked, TextMaker inserts a page break at the beginning of the
multi-column section.
Restart auto numbers
This option is does not affect the column layout but auto numbers. If it is
checked, the “Auto number” field is reset to one in the current section. You will
find information about the use of auto numbers in section “Numbering with Auto
numbers” beginning on page 183.
Text direction
For text in Arabic script, you can change the writing direction of a multicolumn
text section with this option. When you set the direction to right-to-left,
the column on the very right becomes the first column (instead of the column at
the very left). See also chapter “Working with Arabic text” (page 487).
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