If both Fixed Gutters and Fixed Widths are selected, you cant drag
the column guides in a section to adjust the widths of columns or gut-
ters.
Horizontal
This option appears if Enable two-byte script is
selected in the Preferences dialog box. It creates horizontal columns
for text in a section.
Size
If Equal Widths is not selected, you can set widths for specific col-
umns and gutters in the Size area.
Column #
To adjust a specific column or the gutter to the right of
the column, select the column by number. The widths of the selected
column and gutter appear in the Size area. Columns are numbered
from left to right.
Column
Enter the width of the column specified in the Column #
menu. If you select a preset column option, the Column value cant
be changed unless Equal Widths is deselected first. This box is not
available if Equal Widths is selected.
Gutter
Enter the width of the gutter to the right of the column spec-
ified in the Column Number pop-up menu.
Text Flow
To change the direction of the text flow, click the button that indi-
cates left to right (the arrow points right) or right to left (the arrow
points left).
Applying section settings throughout a
document
The Column Guides dialog box lets you create or modify multiple
sections at once. The Apply To setting controls how Canvas applies
the column guides settings. When you click OK, Canvas modifies
matching sections and creates new sections as necessary, depending
on the setting selected in the Apply To menu.
For example, if you choose All Pages while creating a section, Can-
vas creates a matching section on each page in the document.
In Publications with facing pages, you can apply the column guides
settings to left-hand or right-hand pages, or both.
Canvas will modify existing sections and create new matching sec-
tions, if necessary, based on the Apply To setting. For example, a