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Old 10-09-2016, 04:11 PM   #2
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I'm trying to format some language texts that require some sections in 2 or 3 parallel columns.
Didn't we have this same chat back in 2014? Did none of those solutions/discussions work?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=235365

Three columns of text, there is just no way to do this well in ebooks. The devices are too thin and the font size can get too large.

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Ideally, in any one table the columns should be of equal width. I can achieve this if the table is the full width of the screen; but suppose I want to make the left and right edges of the table align with the margins of the paragraphs of text above and blow the table? For instance, a margin of 2 em on both sides?
Do you have a picture of this? Maybe of a print layout that shows what you are trying to aim for?

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