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Abbreviation:  ã|\fixfã%
 
Parameters:    ã|noneã%
 
    ã|Description:ã%
TEXT1 offers two  multiple column formats that  have different text handling
capabilities.  The normal  (default) style is called "flexibleformat".  This
is  described  with \twocolumns  and  \threecolumns  markup.    There  is an
optional style you can use called "fixedformat."  The flexible format can be
changed to the fixed format  by inserting the markup \fixedformat before the
first two or three column markup appears.
    The Fixed  format makes  each column act  as if  it were a  single page.
Inserts and footnotes  will appear in each column just  as they would in the
single column  format.   Only the running  head and running  foot will print
across the full width of the page.
 
    ã|Notes:ã%
 
Since each column  is handled like a normal single  column page, the columns
may not  be balanced.    A short  right hand column  will remain  short when
formatting is completed.
    The  Fixed format  cannot  be  used to  format  combinations  of single,
double,  and triple columns  on the  same page.    The two column  and three
column markup can  be used in conjunction  with one another,  but not on the
same page.   If both format markup appear on the  same page, TEXT1 will fill
the bottom  of the current column  on the current page  with white space and
change to the new format on the following page.
    Once the  fixed format has been  specified, it will remain  in force for
the remainder of  the document.   The Fixed format cannot  be changed to the
Flexible format again within the same document.