Re: page-n-columns in RTF

Subject: Re: page-n-columns in RTF
From: Matthias Clasen <clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:47:17 +0200
> Dan,
> 
> Thank you, that fixed it.
> 
> The effect is nice, like a newspaper-type flow, in that the text first
> fills one column, 
> then another. But I'm still wondering if I can use it.
> 
> It doesn't look like it's possible to specify which column text can be
> flowed 
> into at different points in the processing, like alternating between
> columns.
> Is there any way to control this?
> 

You will have to wait for someone to implement column-set-sequence
for that.

> Also, it sounds like the number of columns can't be changed later.
> 
> To do both column-alternation and switching between one-column and
> two-column

Actually, I think that even with full page-sequence and column-set-sequenc
support, you can't use different column-set-models on the same page. Or
have I misread the spec ?


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