On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:34:57 -0600, jimw wagner wrote:

> jimw wagner wrote:
>> Paul_B wrote:
>>> Is there any way to do parallel columns in Write? By that I mean
>>> columns where the text flow in each column is independent of that
>>> in the other, except that page breaks would be honored.
>>>
>>> I've tried columns, tables, and frames so far, with no luck. All
>>> I get is newspaper-type story flow.
>>>   
>> I've been doing this for several years now, usually in sets of three 
>> columns, to compare translations of texts in various languages.
>>
>> What I do is to set up one of the texts in a table, usually putting in 
>> some marker(*) after each period or question mark, then replacing each 
>> * by the regex for a paragraph end, then setting up the table to 
>> divide at paragraphs.
>>
>> I then go in and add two columns (more is possible, but gives very 
>> thin columns) then paste in the other information.
>>
>> Pasting in the other information can be done a sentence at a time, or 
>> by making a table out of the information, then cutting it and pasting 
>> it into the appropriate column.
>>
>> Write back if you have a problem, and I'll see if I can help more.
>>
>> JimW
>>
> I tried to send off a sample of one of my tables to your address, but it 
> couldn't be delivered.  If I attached it here, it'd just get stripped 
> off.  Is a there any way I could get the example to you?
> 
>  From my reading of your response, you want to do pretty much what I do, 
> but it doesn't work for you.  I'd like to give you an example of what 
> I've done so you can tell me how it differs from what you want, that way 
> we could get on the same page.
> 
> JimW

I see. I access this list via newsgroup, but the email list
gateway software rewrites my Reply-To field to its own address.
IAC, please send it to pb_public (at) operamail.com .

Thanks,
p.
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