User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
Column Guides dialog box
Section Name Canvas applies a default name when you create a section. Type a new
name in the text box to change a section’s name.
Section options menu Delete sections, fit sections to a page, or fit sections to the top half or
bottom half of a page. Choose an option from the menu.
Apply Depending on the layout, choose from This Page, All Pages, All Left
Pages, Left Page, Right Page, or All Right Pages (see "Apply To menu
options" on page 571).
Preset column guides Select 1, 2, or 3 columns of equal width, or 2 columns with a wider
column on the left or right.
Number of columns Specify the number of columns; it overrides the preset column guides.
Type the number of columns. The maximum number depends on the
width of a section.
Equal widths This option makes the column widths equal to the value in the Column
box, and makes the gutter widths equal to the value in the Gutter box.
Deselect this option to set the width of a specific column.
Fixed widths This option prevents changes to the width of the columns.
Fixed gutters This option prevents changes to the width of the column gutters.
If both Fixed Gutters and Fixed Widths are selected, you can’t drag the
column guides in a section to adjust the widths of columns or gutters.
Vertical This option appears if “Enable two-byte script” is selected in the
Configuration Center. It creates vertical columns for text in a section.
Text Flow To change the direction of the text flow, click the button that indicates
left to right (the arrow points right) or right to left (the arrow points
left).
Size If Equal Widths is not selected, set widths for columns and gutters.
Column #: Select the column by number. The widths of the selected
column and gutter appear below. Columns are numbered from left to
right.
Column: Enter the width of the column specified in the Column # menu.
If you select a preset column option, the Column value can’t be changed
unless Equal Widths is deselected first.
Gutter: Enter the width of the gutter.
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