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Old 10-15-2010, 03:57 PM   #190
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
The use case I was discussing was the textbook, which is typically two column, with illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. How do you scale that to fit a smaller screen and keep it readable?
By doing away with the glitz, i.e. the second column and sidebars. Footnotes are an easy hyperlink.

I'm curious how a second column reduces space used? Doesn't the extra margin in between the two columns translate to empty space equaling more pages?
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