Support for RTF dual column (newspaper-type flow)

Aspose.Words Product Family
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Does Aspro.word support dual column (newspaper-type flow) , in that the text first fills one column , then another column? ... if so, please post an example.

Thanks,

Gerald

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Hi Gerald,


Thanks for your interest in Aspose.Words. Yes, Aspose.Words supports Text Columns. Please refer to the following sections of the documentation which outlines everything you need to know about TextColumn:
http://www.aspose.com/docs/display/wordsjava/TextColumn

Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Best regards,

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Thank you for the response ... also, do we have the ability for partial two column page ? ... meaning on one page the first half with one column and the second half with two columns.

Thank you,

Gerald

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Hi Gerald,

Thanks for your inquiry. Could you please attach your target Word document showing the desired output here for testing. I will investigate as to how you are expecting your final document to be generated like. You can use Microsoft Word to create your target Word document. I will then provide you code to achieve the same using Aspose.Words.

Best regards,
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Hello Awais,

Attached word document is an sample of the output.

Note: We are looking to covert HTML to RTF, let me know if the software needs any special tags added in the HTML to produce the desired output.

Thanks,

Gerald

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Hi Gerald,


Thanks for the additional information. You can generate a similar output by using the following code snippet:
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder();

builder.writeln("One column part of document ");

builder.writeln();


builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);


TextColumnCollection columns = builder.getPageSetup().getTextColumns();

// Show vertical line between columns.

columns.setLineBetween(true);

// Indicate we want to create column with different widths.

columns.setEvenlySpaced(false);

// Create two columns, note they will be created with zero widths, need to set them.

columns.setCount(2);


// Set the first column to be narrow.

TextColumn c1 = columns.get(0);

c1.setWidth(100);

c1.setSpaceAfter(20);


// Set the second column to take the rest of the space available on the page.

TextColumn c2 = columns.get(1);

PageSetup ps = builder.getPageSetup();

double contentWidth = ps.getPageWidth() - ps.getLeftMargin() - ps.getRightMargin();

c2.setWidth(contentWidth - c1.getWidth() - c1.getSpaceAfter());


builder.writeln(“Narrow column 1.”);

builder.insertBreak(BreakType.COLUMN_BREAK);

builder.writeln(“Wide column 2.”);


builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);

builder.getCurrentSection().getPageSetup().getTextColumns().setCount(1);

builder.getCurrentSection().getPageSetup().getTextColumns().setEvenlySpaced(true);


builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);



builder.writeln(“One column part of document”);


builder.getDocument().save(“C:\Temp\out.docx”);
I hope, this helps.

Best regards,