TextRange.Columns

Property Columns As TextColumns

Member of TextRange

The Columns property returns all the text columns in a text range.

The Columns property returns a read-only value.

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. Three columns are created in the first frame, and the second column is filled with red.

Sub Test()

Dim s As Shape

Dim s1 As Shape

Dim s2 As Shape

Dim d As Document

Dim t As Text

Dim strText As String

strText = "This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. " & _

"This is a test. This is a test. This is a test."

strText = strText & " This is the next sentence. " & strText

Set d = CreateDocument

Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, strText)

Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)

Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10)

Set t = s.Text

' Link the frames together.

t.Frame.LinkTo s1

s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2

' set the columns

t.Frame.SetColumns 3, False, Array(0.7, 0.1, 1, 0.1, 1)

t.Story.Columns.Item(2).Fill.UniformColor.RGBAssign 155, 0, 0

End Sub