Thanks for the insight. I'll give it a try with columnsets. Bart
On Monday March 3 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________ >________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
