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To set the space before and after selected paragraphs, use the Space Before
Paragraph and Space After Paragraph controls in the Paragraph tab of the
Measurements palette.
Controlling column flow
The Column Flow controls let you specify how text flows in relation to columns.
To set the column flow in selected paragraphs:
Use the Column Flow tab of the Measurements palette.
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Define the following fields to specify the column flow:2.
(A column block is any span/split column paragraphs that have similar column
flow attributes applied.)
Flow Order - Select Continuous (the default flow order) to leave the
selected paragraph in its original column or Restart to move the paragraph
to the start of the column block. The Restart option can be selected either
independently or along with the Span Columns option.When choosing
Restart, the text in the paragraphs before the selected paragraph will be
rebalanced among the columns.
Select Span/Split Columns to specify that you want to change the way the
paragraph flows:
Type - select Span Columns to have the paragraph span across columns
or Split Columns to have the paragraph split between 2 or more
columns.
You can use the Split Columns option to achieve a multi-column
effect on selected paragraphs in a single-column box.
Columns - select the number of columns you want the paragraph to
span, or be split into. For Span Columns you can choose All or a
number from 2 to 30. (All refers to any number of columns in the text
box which are 30 or above.) For Split Columns the value must be a
number from 2 to 30.
Space Before- set the space before the selected paragraphs.
Space After- set the space after the selected paragraphs.
Spacing between column blocks: If a column block has multiple
paragraphs, then Space Before will be taken from first paragraphs and
similarly Space After would be taken from the last paragraph of the
block.
If Space Before and/or Space After attributes are specified in both the
Paragraph tab and the Column Flow tab of the Measurements
palette, the larger value will be applied, they will not be added.