Syntax

COLUMN (pos1, pos2, pos3, ...)

Arguments

pos1, pos2, pos3: integer

Meaning

Determines that Adlib is to print in columns. The columns start at the indicated positions (pos1, pos2, pos3, ...). The number of columns therefore depends on the number of start positions that you enter.

Dimensions for this function are in AUs (Adlib Units). A horizontal AU is 1/90 of the width of a standard printable A4 area; a vertical AU is 1/72 of the length of the standard printable A4 area. (The standard font and font size for printing exactly 90 characters across the full available page width, is Courier size 11. If you change the margins yourself, then correspondingly the number of units that can be printed will be reduced. If you change the font you will be able to print fewer or more characters across the width of the page, depending on the font and font size you choose.)

(Not supported in Axiell Collections and RunAdapl.)

Example

COLUMN(1, 41)

Result

Printing will be in two columns, with column 1 starting at position 1 and column 2 starting at position 41.