summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/helpcontent2/source/text/swriter/01/05040500.xhp
blob: 6a6ee02e7bca33800a461b780fe5fa8a9330b099 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<helpdocument version="1.0">
	
<!--
***********************************************************************
 *
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 * 
 * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
 *
 * $RCSfile: 05040500.xhp,v $
 * $Revision: 1.9.4.1 $
 *
 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
 *
 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
 *
 ************************************************************************
 -->
 
	
<meta>
<topic id="textswriter0105040500xml" indexer="include">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Columns</title>
<filename>/text/swriter/01/05040500.xhp</filename>
</topic>
</meta>
<body>
<section id="spalten">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/FN_FORMAT_COLUMN" id="bm_id7831291" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:FormatColumns" id="bm_id3151243" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_TABLE_COLUMN" id="bm_id3150212" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_COLUMN" id="bm_id3153246" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149875" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/swriter/01/05040500.xhp" name="Columns">Columns</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151392" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="spaltentext"><ahelp hid="HID_COLUMN">Specifies the number of columns and the column layout for a page style, frame, or section.</ahelp>
</variable></paragraph>
</section>
<section id="howtoget">
<embed href="text/swriter/00/00000405.xhp#spaltens"/>
</section>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155625" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Default settings</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can select from predefined column layouts, or create your own. When you apply a layout to a page style, all pages that use the style are updated. Similarly, when you apply a column layout to a frame style, all frames that use that style are updated. You can also change the column layout for a single frame.</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_NUMBER" id="bm_id3154502" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154562" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Columns</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154508" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SW_NUMERICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_NUMBER">Enter the number of columns that you want in the page, frame, or section.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149884" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">You can also select one of the predefined column layouts.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150933" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="45">Selection fields</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_CHECKBOX_TP_COLUMN_CB_BALANCECOLS" id="bm_id3150568" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148386" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="CHG" oldref="52">Evenly distribute contents to all columns</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149024" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="53"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Distributes the text in multi-column sections. The text flows into all columns to the same height. The height of the section adjusts automatically.</ahelp>Evenly distributes the text in <link href="text/swriter/01/04020000.xhp" name="multi-column sections">multi-column sections</link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153924" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Width and spacing</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147176" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">If the <emph>Automatic width</emph> check box is selected, enter the width and spacing options for the columns.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147562" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="21">(Column number)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145206" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Displays the column number, as well as width and distance to the adjacent columns.</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_IMAGEBUTTON_TP_COLUMN_BTN_DOWN" id="bm_id3151189" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156324" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="23">Left Arrow</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150761" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"><ahelp hid="SW_IMAGEBUTTON_TP_COLUMN_BTN_DOWN">Moves the column display one column to the left.</ahelp></paragraph>
<table id="tbl_id3150256">
<tablerow>
<tablecell>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149287" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3149750" src="res/sc06301.png" width="0.564cm" height="0.564cm"><alt id="alt_id3149750" xml-lang="en-US">{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE}</alt>
	</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154694" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Left Arrow</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>

<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_IMAGEBUTTON_TP_COLUMN_BTN_UP" id="bm_id3147515" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145421" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="25">Right Arrow</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26"><ahelp hid="SW_IMAGEBUTTON_TP_COLUMN_BTN_UP">Moves the column display one column to the right.</ahelp></paragraph>
<table id="tbl_id3154279">
<tablerow>
<tablecell>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3152948" src="res/sc06300.png" width="0.564cm" height="0.564cm"><alt id="alt_id3152948" xml-lang="en-US">{ENTER ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION HERE}</alt>
	</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153540" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Right Arrow</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>

<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_1" id="bm_id3154481" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_2" id="bm_id3152953" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_3" id="bm_id3152956" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154470" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="42">Width</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152963" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43"><ahelp hid="SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_3">Enter the width of the column.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_DIST1" id="bm_id3151319" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_DIST2" id="bm_id3153665" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151308" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Spacing</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153672" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_DIST2">Enter the amount of space that you want to leave between the columns.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_CHECKBOX_TP_COLUMN_CB_AUTO_WIDTH" id="bm_id3154573" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147530" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">AutoWidth</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_COLUMN_CB_AUTO_WIDTH">Creates columns of equal width.</ahelp></paragraph>
<embed href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#vorschau"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155892" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">The column layout preview only shows the columns and not the surrounding page.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149685" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Separator line</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154188" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">This area is only available if your layout contains more than one column.</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_LISTBOX_TP_COLUMN_LB_STYLE" id="bm_id3155786" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155775" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="13">Line</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159190" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_TP_COLUMN_LB_STYLE">Select the formatting style for the column separator line. If you do not want a separator line, choose "None".</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_HEIGHT" id="bm_id3149303" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155184" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Height</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149309" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="SW_METRICFIELD_TP_COLUMN_ED_HEIGHT">Enter the length of the separator line as a percentage of the height of the column area.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_LISTBOX_TP_COLUMN_LB_POSITION" id="bm_id3143283" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143271" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="17">Position</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149485" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_TP_COLUMN_LB_POSITION">Select the vertical alignment of the separator line. This option is only available if <emph>Height</emph> value of the line is less than 100%.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_LISTBOX_DLG_COLUMN_LB_APPLY_TO" id="bm_id3151258" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151248" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="50">Apply to</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51"><ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_DLG_COLUMN_LB_APPLY_TO">Select the item that you want to apply the column layout to.</ahelp> This option is only available if you access this dialog by choosing <emph>Format - Columns</emph>.</paragraph>
<section id="textflow">
<embed href="text/shared/01/05030700.xhp#textflow"/>
</section>
</body>
</helpdocument>