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# Columns

Specifies the number of columns and the column layout for a page style, frame, or section.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Columns.

Choose Format - Title Page, select the page style, click Edit.

Choose Format - Page Style - Columns tab.

Choose Insert - Frame - Frame - Columns tab.

Choose View - Styles - Page Styles - open context menu for selected page style - New/Edit Style - Columns tab.

Choose Format - Frame and Object - Properties - Columns tab.

Choose Insert - Section - Columns tab.

Choose Format - Section - Options button - Columns tab.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Layout - Page Columns - More Options - Columns tab.

On the Layout menu and the Layout tab, choose Page Columns.

#### From toolbars:

Page Columns

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.

## Settings

### स्तम्भ

Enter the number of columns that you want in the page, frame, or section.

### चयन क्षेत्र

आप पहले से पारिभाषित स्तम्भ ख़ाका भी चुन सकते हैं.

Tooltips describe each predefined selection.

### यहाँ लागू करें

Select the item that you want to apply the column layout to. This option is only available if you access this dialog by choosing Format - Columns.

The following two options are only available when formatting sections.

### Evenly distribute contents to all columns

Evenly distributes the text in multi-column sections.

#### पाठ दिशा

Specify the text direction for a paragraph that uses complex text layout (CTL). This feature is only available if complex text layout support is enabled.

#### Automatically set direction

Specifies to adjust the writing direction of the paragraph based on its content whenever the content is edited.

### पूर्वावलोकन क्षेत्र

Displays a preview of the current selection.

स्तम्भ खाका पूर्वावलोकन सिर्फ स्तम्भों को दिखाता है न कि आसपास के पृष्ठों को.

## चौड़ाई और दूरी

### AutoWidth

Creates columns of equal width.

If the AutoWidth check box is not selected, enter the width and spacing options for the columns.

### Column

Displays the column number, as well as width and distance to the adjacent columns.

### बायाँ तीर

Moves the column display one column to the left.

बायाँ तीर

### दायाँ तीर

Moves the column display one column to the right.

दायाँ तीर

### चौड़ाई

Enter the width of the column.

### दूरी

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave between the columns.

## विभाजक रेखा

यह क्षेत्र तभी उपलब्ध है जब आपका खाका में एक से अधिक स्तम्भ है

### Style

Select the formatting style for the column separator line. If you do not want a separator line, choose "None".

### Width

Enter width of the separator line.

### Color

Select a color for the separator line.

### भार

Enter the length of the separator line as a percentage of the height of the column area.

### स्थिति

Select the vertical alignment of the separator line. This option is only available if Height value of the line is less than 100%.

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