Re: [icon-users] Picture placing with columns

  • From: Paul Stewart <paulstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:53:11 +0000

----- Original message -----
> In message <1329518191.10002.9.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11>
>                     Paul Stewart <paulstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I have an EasiWriter document that contains a section with multiple
> > columns.   Within this section I need to place a picture.   To make the
> > picture a decent size, it needs to span multiple columns rather than
> > sit inside just one column.   Is this possible and how do I do it?
> 
> No, you cannot do that. EasiWriter only has figures and inline 
> pictures. The former are structures, the latter behave like large 
> characters. Both are always part of the flowing text, so if you format 
> the text into multiple columns, they have to obey, too. You can only 
> have a picture across the whole page if you place it outside the 
> multi-column section, i.e., above or below it.
> 

Okay, instead of using columns, I guess I can use a table to achieve the 
layout.  With tables I could then span multiple columns and achieve a bigger 
space for the picture.

Any major limitations tables?  Is there a limit to how big a cell can be?

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