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Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual

Important If your document already contains columns of variable width,
clicking the increase-columns or decrease-columns control changes them to
equal width.

You can change a column’s width and the space between two columns by
using the mouse to drag the column guide (border).

Using text frames to create columns In complex columnar documents such as
newsletters or brochures, try using linked text frames in a draw document
instead of columns in a word processing document. You’ll have more
flexibility to resize text frames and place them where you want.

To

Do this

Example

Change a
column’s width

Press Option and move the
pointer precisely over a column
guide until the pointer looks like
this:

. Then press the mouse

button and drag right or left.

Change the width
of two adjacent
columns and keep
the space between
them the same

Press Option and move the
pointer between the column
guides until the pointer looks like
this:

. Then press the mouse

button and drag right or left.

Click to add columns

Click to subtract columns

Shows the number of columns

Before

After column is moved left

Before

After column is moved left