Hi Colin,
It is the only way to do it, so it had better be the best way.  8^)

Depending on your XSL-FO processor, span may or may not work in all contexts.  
The XSL-FO spec says a spanned block must be a direct child of fo:flow.  But 
DocBook uses nested fo:block elements for sections to apply section properties. 
 That can be worked around, if you need it.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Colin Shapiro 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:20 AM
  Subject: [docbook-apps] Re: Different numbers of columns on a single page?


  Ah, I just discovered the "span" attribute.  So, I can make my entire page 
three-columns, and then use span="all" on the FO objects that I want to span 
across these columns.

  Can someone just confirm that this is the best way to do what I am after? 

  Thanks,
  Colin


  On 2/28/07, Colin Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
    Hello,

    Simple question that may not have a simple answer:

    I understand how to set up custom page masters for FO output with different 
numbers of columns, but what if I want to change the column layout mid-page?  
Say, for example, that I want half a page to have three columns, and the other 
half to have one column. 

    Is this possible?

    Thanks,
    Colin


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