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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You can’t format that, not directly because you have not specified whether you believe the content from column one flows into the column/two+three structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Span=”all” must be on an object that is a child of flow and only supports “all” (or none, meaning no span).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If the left column in your example does not, then you can take that “out-of-flow” using an absolute block-container or placing it in a region and setting up the page as a two-column flow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Xep-support [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Darren Munt<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 03, 2018 11:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> RenderX Community Support List <xep-support@renderx.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [xep-support] Make a column header span columns 2 and 3<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I’m specifying a three column layout in the page body using column-count="3".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Then I put content into the page like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> <</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> <</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>Par 1</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'></</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> <</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>break-after</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>=</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>"</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>column</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>"</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>Par 2</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'></</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> <</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>span</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>=</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>"</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>all</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>"</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>Text that we want to span columns 2 and 3</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'></</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> <</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>Par 3</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'></</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'> </</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>fo:block</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white'>></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Not sure how I should specify fo commands here to get it to work, or if it is even possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I want it to look something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>