David Chart 2001

Columns Dialog

This dialog allows you to create newspaper-style columns in your document. The text will fill one column before moving on to the next. The column setting you select applies to the whole of the current section. If you want to change the number of columns in a document, you must insert a section break: see the Insert Break dialog.

Number of Columns

Press the button corresponding to the number of columns you want to select it.

Preview

This window shows you what a page will look like with the number of columns you have selected.

Line Between

If this option is selected, AbiWord draws narrow vertical lines between the columns of text.

Space after Column

Set the space that AbiWord leaves between the end of a column and the following text. You can type in the box or use the arrow buttons to increase and decrease the setting.

Max Column size

Set the maximum height of a single column. If the text will not fit in this space, AbiWord starts a new column. This may mean moving to the next column across the page, or starting a new column below the one that is full. If a new column is started below the current column, the space specified in that option will be left.

OK

Click this button to close the dialog and change the number of columns.

Cancel

Click this button to close the dialog without changing the number of columns.