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Adding Multiple Columns
Now you’ll add the text description of the property and some details about the
neighborhood. The text will appear in different columns. For the property details,
you’ll add a three-column text description, and for the neighborhood, you’ll add a
two-column text description.
1 Deselect any selected text and choose the Text tool.
2 In the Properties inspector, select TLF Text and Read Only. In the Character
section, choose Times New Roman for Family, Bold for Style, 14.0 for Size,
16.0 pt for Leading, and black for Color. Make sure you switch back to
horizontal text.
3 Click on the top horizontal banner below the address and drag out a long text
box to define the width and height of the text.
4 In the Container and Flow section of the Properties inspector, enter 3 for the
Columns option.
Your selected text box becomes enabled to display three columns.
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Lesson 7
Using Text