<sect1 id="columns">
<sect1info>
<authorgroup>
<author
><firstname
>Mike</firstname
> <surname
>McBride</surname
> </author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Andrew</firstname
><surname
>Coles</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>Conversion to British English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>
</sect1info>

<title
>Columns</title>
<indexterm
><primary
>columns</primary
></indexterm>

<para
>You can divide the page into several columns, of equal width, with a user controlled space in between each column.</para>

<note>
<para
>This feature is only available in Text Oriented documents.</para>

<para
>If you are working in a Page Layout document, you can build up several columns using a different frame for each column.</para>
</note>

<para
>To change the number and width of columns select <menuchoice
> <guimenu
>Format</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Page Layout...</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the menubar.</para>

<para
>This will bring up a dialogue box.</para>

<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="wpfmtpg1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para
>Click on the tab labelled <guilabel
>Columns</guilabel
>.</para>

<para
>This will change the dialogue box.</para>

<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject
><imagedata fileref="wpfmtpg2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para
>You can now select the number of columns in the spin box labelled <guilabel
>Columns:</guilabel
> and the spacing between columns in the text box labelled <guilabel
>Column Spacing:</guilabel
>.</para>

<para
>The preview box shows you what your page will look like.</para>

<para
>Click <guibutton
>OK</guibutton
> when you are done.</para>

<para
>Click <guibutton
>Cancel</guibutton
> to abort changes.</para>

</sect1>
