How to see column width?

[Karen Robbins]

Richard and Rick,

Guess I should have said I don't want to do math ;-).

Since the software already performs this math to create the columns, 
why can't it display the answer?

K

>Karen Robbins wrote:
>
>>  By selecting the Object Properties item from the Graphics menu, I can
>>  see the width and height of a text frame, the number of columns it
>>  contains, and the gap between those columns, in the Customize Text
>>  Frame dialog. I could presume that if those items are correct,
>>  theoretically the column width is correct. But where can I see the
>>  actual width of the columns to confirm it?
>
>If there are multiple columns, they're equal width. So:
>
>(Text Frame Width - (Side Head Width + Gap) - (Columns Gap x (Number 
>of Columns - 1)) / Number of Columns = Column Width
>
>HTH!
>
>Richard G. Combs
>Senior Technical Writer
>Polycom, Inc.
>richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
>303-223-5111
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