AW: 2 column pages - align column ending

a lot easier than i though :)

Thanks !



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Ing. Patrick Szabo
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Tony Graham [mailto:tgraham@mentea.net]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 03. Dezember 2013 15:00
An: www-xsl-fo@w3.org
Betreff: Re: 2 column pages - align column ending

On Tue, December 3, 2013 1:46 pm, Szabo, Patrick (LNG-VIE) wrote:
> I have simple-page-master with 2 columns and I need to align the ending.
> For example if there's only enough text for half of the page then i
> need 2 columns oft he same length containing that text instead of only
> one cloumn with all the text.

After the text, put an empty fo:block with 'span="all"' [1] that is a child of the fo:flow.

If you're using Antenna House, they have a axf:column-fill [2] extension that handles it.

Regards,


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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#span
[2] http://antennahouse.com/xslfo/extension.htm#axf.column-fill

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