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Object Model Reference : Classes : T : TextFrame : Properties : TextFrame.Multicolumn


TextFrame.Multicolumn

Property Multicolumn As Boolean

Description

Member of TextFrame

The Multicolumn property returns True if a paragraph-text frame has more than one column.

The Multicolumn property returns a read-only value.

VBA example

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. The text in the first frame is fitted to a path and is divided into three columns, and then the number of columns in each multicolumned frame is displayed.

Sub Test()
 Dim d As Document
 Dim s As Shape
 Dim s1 As Shape
 Dim s2 As Shape
 Dim t As Text
 Dim f As TextFrame
 Set d = CreateDocument
 Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, String$(750, "Z"))
 Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)
 Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse(1, 1, 3, 3)
 Set t = s.Text
 ' Fit the text to path.
 s1.Text.FitToPath s2
 ' Link the frames together.
 t.Frame.LinkTo s1
 ' Get the first frame.
 Set f = t.Frames(1)
 ' Set the columns
 f.SetColumns 3, False, Array(1, 0.3, 2, 0.3, 3)
 For Each f In t.Frames
  If f.Multicolumn Then
   MsgBox "There are " & f.ColumnCount & " columns in frame " & f.Index
  End If
 Next f
End Sub

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