Re: changing to 2-column format in middle of file

[greg_hamill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Unfortunately, Word is Word. I have created two column and three column
information in Word. In reality, however, it is a string of informatinon
that is best described as one bit of information per line (what you call
single long column). The format of multiple columns in Word simply wraps
thw single column into multiple columns as a form on the page. It does
nothing to the actual structure of the document. Think of it as a template
somewhat line a two-column index to a book. The information is streaming
down the page until it hits the bottom of the first column and then,
instead of shifting to the next page, it shifts to the top of the next
column. Therefore, when you convert this to Frame, it reads only the
information in single column and not the format.

If you read it into Frame and then set the template in Frame to two-column,
does it restructure the information the way you want to see it?

Greg





Irene Struthers Rush <irene@slonet.org>@omsys.com on 06/23/2001 02:28:29 PM

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Subject:  changing to 2-column format in middle of file


Dear Wiser Framers,

I've been converting files from Word 2000 to Frame 6.0.  It has gone pretty
well with one exception.  The Word files have several segments called
tables that really aren't - they are just listings, set in 2 columns.  Each
list has several bulleted bold heads, followed by a variable number of
indented entries.  In the Word file, each of these tables generally started
on a new page and was 1 page long.  However, after conversion, the tables
are starting in the middle of pages and coming out in a single long column.
Starting in the middle of the page is not a problem, but the single column
is.

I've gone through both the Adobe book and Tom Neuberger's book (the on-line
Help files don't come up) and can't figure out how to set up a 2-column
format that starts in the middle of a page and ends somewhere on the next
page.  I considered making a 2-celled table, but that won't break at the
bottom of the page and start again on the next page.

Anyone have a clue as to what I should do?

Thanks in advance,

irene

Irene Rush
Writing, Editing, Indexing
2471 Tierra Drive, Los Osos CA 93402
805 534 9456


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