[xep-support] Re: Make a column header span columns 2 and 3

[G. Ken Holman]

In XSL-FO one can only span all columns, not less than all columns.

Yes, your final thought is what I would do: use a perimeter region 
and/or absolutely-positioned block container for your introductory 
paragraphs and apportion the rest of the page to a two-column page 
layout (with a wide left margin).

Then your span="all" will span all two columns.

I hope this is helpful, though you figured it out for yourself.

. . . . . Ken

At 2018-12-04 07:49 +0000, Darren Munt wrote:
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>Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> 
>boundary="_000_ME1PR01MB0802EB5E04D2ECFD5F484D1A86AF0ME1PR01MB0802ausp_"
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>I need to format a page that has three columns, in which column 1 is 
>an introductory paragraph or two, and columns 2 & 3 are body 
>content, with a header that spans both.
>
>I'm specifying a three column layout in the page body using column-count="3".
>
>Then I put content into the page like this:
>
>         <fo:block>
>           <fo:block>Par 1</fo:block>
>           <fo:block break-after="column">Par 2</fo:block>
>
>           <fo:block span="all">Text that we want to span columns 2 
> and 3</fo:block>
>           <fo:block>Par 3</fo:block>
>         </fo:block>
>
>That doesn't work, the span attribute has no effect. If I take the 
>wrapping block away, then the span is honoured but it throws a line 
>break between the second par and the heading, so the heading appears 
>under par 2 and spans columns 1 and 2.
>
>Not sure how I should specify fo commands here to get it to work, or 
>if it is even possible.
>
>I want it to look something like this:
>
>Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Maybe I need to use a positioned fo:block-container for the first 
>column and just use a two column layout with a wide left margin?


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