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<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m specifying a three column layout in the page body using column-count="3".<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then I put content into the page like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Par
1</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"></</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">break-after</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">column</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Par
2</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"></</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:red;background:white;mso-highlight:white">span</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">=</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">all</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"></</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> <</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Par
3</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"></</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span 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 style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> </</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#A31515;background:white;mso-highlight:white">fo:block</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue;background:white;mso-highlight:white">></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Not sure how I should specify fo commands here to get it to work, or if it is even possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I want it to look something like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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