Dialogs

Column section dialog

 

Column Section properties
Presets	Select the number of columns, with default settings.
Column balancing	Specify Section to balance the columns, i.e. the column heights will be equal.
Justification	Specify how a columns is justified within its designated area. If the total width of all columns and spaces is less than 100% of the available area, there is room for adjustment. Figure 65 Right justified columns
Direction	Select Right to left to start the text in the column to the right. Note: This will make more sense when arabic support is available in StoryTeller.
Balancing tries	When balancing columns, specify the number of times StoryTeller iterates to achieve the most balanced columns possible. Specify a low number for faster processing performance, but possibly a less than perfect balancing.
Column definition	You can specify properties for each column and the space between columns. For example, a three column definition normally has five entries in the Column definition list, with the first entry being the left column. (Column - space -column -space - column). The properties below are available:
Type	Specify whether it is a column or space.
Width size type	Proportional – The width is specified as a proportion to other column or space widths Relative – The width is specified as a percentage value of the total available width. Absolute – The width is specified in absolute terms. Note: The order of preference when calculating the column or spacing widths is Absolute > Relative > Proportional.
Width	For proportional width size type, specify a number representing the proportional width. For example, if all columns have the same width value, they will all have the same width. If the other columns have proportional width 1, and you specify 2 for the current column, it will be twice as wide as the other two. For absolute width size type, specify the width with a unit, e.g. 0.5 in. For relative width size type, specify a percentage of the column /space width relative to the total available width.