CODE-f9 (MARK COLUMN) does not work with synchro-nized columns. It applies only to statistical columns set with tabs.
MOVE, COPY, and DELETE work with a character, word, line, paragraph, or page selection in the same way that they normally do.
When working with synchronized columns i t is most efficient to select only the text you want to move or copy, rather than selecting the synchronization mark also. The synchronization marks define the relationships of the col umns to each other, and text moved without the synchronization mark behaves more predictably than text moved with the synchronization mark.
You can select only a synchronization mark if you wish.
If you move a synchronization mark, you should give the Review Document command before you print, so that the Word Processor can redefine the positioning of the synchronization mark before you print.
ENTERING TEXT IN SYNCHRONIZED COLUMNS
After you give the Synchronized Column command, enter text as you normally do. When the text reaches the right margin of the column i t aut.omatically wraps around to the next line, just as i t does when i t reaches the right margin of a normal page.
The ruler display indicates the column margins and paragraph indents, just as i t normally indicates the page margins and paragraph indents.
Notice that the page break appears different when you are using columns; i t is broken at the col'umn margins.
Figure 10-3 shows how the screen appears when you are entering text in synchronized columns.
Paragraph Indents and Margins
When you give the Synchronized Column command, the Word Processor assumes that the column is more important to you than the paragraph. Therefore, the' column is automatically continued even when you start a new paragraph or a new page.
Text in synchronized columns is formatted into paragraphs as i t would normally be, except that the paragraph is kept wi thin the marg ins of the column.
Paragraph indents work with synchronized columns in the same way that they work with serpentine columns. (See the subsection "Entering Text in Serpentine Columns" above.)
Starting a New Column
Text remains in the first column until you indicate that you want to start a new column by pressing CODE-NEXT. This inserts a new synchro-nization mark at the next column position. The top of the new column is parallel with the top of the first column.
Note that if the first column has carried over to a new page, the window display jumps back to the previous page to start the new column.
Adding Text to a Column
If you want to go back to a column and add text to it, space is added for the text and any columns that start below that point move down.
The cursor operates a little differently in void space with synchronized columns. (Void space is discussed in Section 3, "Crea ting a Document. ") When you are working with synchronized columns, the cursor in void space adds the next text typed to the nearest column. However, i t never adds text to a column you are not currently viewing on the screen. Thus, if you have three columns but only the ends of the first and third appear in the window because the second column is short and has scrolled away and you type text in the center of the screen, the text is added to the first column, rather than to the center column.
Returning to Normal Text
If you want to go back to normal width text, give the Synchronized Column command again. To return to normal text, specify one column of text.
Changing text already formatted into synchronized columns to a different number of synchronized columns is discussed in the subsection, "Changing the Number of Synchronized Columns."
INSERTING NEW SYNCHRONIZED COLUMNS INTO EXISTING TEXT
The Word Processor applies a synchronization mark to all subsequent text until i t encounters a new synchronization mark. If you try to give the synchronized column command in the middle of eXisting text, all the text below the cursor point suddenly shifts and appears in a narrow column.
If this happens, do not worry about the text. You can return i t to normal by giving the Synchronized Column command again and specifying only one col-umn. The text will be reformatted in one wide column when you return the page to its normal width.
The following procedure can be used to insert syn-chronized text without affecting subsequent text.
To insert synchronized columns into existing text:
1. Place your cursor where you want to start the first column.
2. Give the Synchronized Column command (CODE-I) and specify one column only.
When the command is executed, a single synchronization mark is inserted into text. This protects subsequent text from being formatted into a narrow column while you insert the new columned text. (See Section 18, "Commands and Options" for instructions on how to compl ete the Synchronized Column command form.)
3. Move the cursor to just before the new synchronization mark inserted in step 2.
Give the Synchronized Column command again and specify the number of columns you want to insert. The first synchronization mark for the first of the new columns is inserted.
4. Enter your synchronized text and press CODE-NEXT when you want to start the next column.
CHANGING EXISTING TEXT TO SYNCHRONIZED COLUMNS You cannot select text and then give the Synchro-nized Column command to change existing text to synchronized columns. Instead you use the following procedure to insert synchronization marks wherever you want a new synchronized column to start.
To change columns:
existing text to synchronized
1. Place your cursor where you want to start the first column.
2. Give the Synchronized Column command (CODE-I). The first synchronization mark is inserted when you execute the command.
(See Section 18, "Commands and Options"
for instructions on how to complete the Synchronized Column command form.)
3. Move the cursor to wherever you want the next column to begin.
4. Press CODE-NEXT to insert a new synchro-nization mark.
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Follow this procedure until all the desired text is in synchronized columns.
To return to normal text, give the Synchronized Column command again and specify one column. The Word Processor inserts a single synchronization mark across the entire page.