3 After you release the mouse button, the Column Guides dialog box appears. 4 In the Apply To pop-up menu select Left Page. This places this section on page 2 only. 5 Press the three-column button, or type “3” in the “Number of Columns” text box. 6 Click OK. Adjusting column guides Column height and width can be adjusted by dragging the entire sec- tion into position. Also, the columns can be individually adjusted. You can reposition column guides with the Section tool by moving them left, right, up, or down. To adjust the column guides, select the Section tool in the Text tool palette. Then either drag the entire sec- tion to reposition it or just the columns to adjust the height or width. Placing text in a section After you have created a section, you can select the Text tool and click in the section to begin typing, or you can place existing text in the section. This lesson demonstrates how to place text in the section you created earlier (see “Creating columns of text,” page 6.52). To place text in a section 1 Select the Text tool and click inside the first column in the sec- tion under the headline. 2 Now you are going to import text from another document into the columns. Choose File > Place. Three-column section Tip You can also adjust the col- umn guides by double-click- ing the section with the Sec- tion tool. The Column Guides dialog box opens.
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