Re: table vs n-column

Simon Larochelle <[email protected]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:32:38 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.editors.abiword.user
Message-ID <CAF8-HjF19v=qA6T1J0GNO2bDBH_VJ2Z-b2xSkk=_btLXwn3Ekg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Don,

With Format::Columns, text appears in the second column only when the
first column is full. If you want to control what appears in each
column, then making a table is the way to go.

Simon

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Donald Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Simon
>
> Not there yet.
> Suppose I have selected n-columns.
> How  do I get from one to another?
> Mouse no, enter no, ctrl enter no....
>
> Regards,
>  Don Miller   [email protected]
> ======================================
> Sunday, December 30, 2012, 1:17:37 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>> You should use Format::Columns if you want to have a continuous text
>> that appears in two columns (that is, the text at the bottom of column
>> 1 page 1 continues at the top of column 2 page 1). A table is more
>> appropriate if the two columns are distinct. With a table, the text at
>> the bottom of column 1 page 1 continues at the top of column 1 page 2.
>
>> You can remove the table borders by opening the format table dialog
>> (menu Format::Table...).
>
>> As for Format::Columns, if you want to have single-column and
>> two-column sections in the same document, you need to insert section
>> breaks (Insert::Break...). Each section has its own number of columns.
>
>> Simon
>
>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Donald Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Abiword-user
>>>
>>> Format/Columns/ can make 1, 2, 3 columns. How does one navigate within?
>>> How does one start and end the section?
>>>
>>> I can make a table, then convert border color to page background.
>>> Certainly one way to go.
>>>
>>> Could not see how to use template Two-Columns.awt.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>  Don Miller  [email protected]
>>>
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