On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Bart Wise wrote: > I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I am > using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, but > restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text in a > column.
I have encountered this problem in the past. This is a limitations of the simple column mechanism. > However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section spans > more than one line in a given column it does not work. What happens is that > the background starts to change where you have indicated; however, instead of > stopping at the end of the column, the background color changes for the > entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" below for an example. Is > there a fix for this (and no, using a single column is not a solution.) Use columnsets. They are not as easy and simple as columns, but they provide a lot more features. See the columnset manual for details about using them. Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
