Selecting Content Layout

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By default, content blocks are displayed in one column in Dashboard. From the Layout window, you can change the content block layout. You can select a different layout for each content page. When selecting the layout for your content page, you can:

The following image shows a sample Layout window. There are list boxes for the contents of Column 1 and Column 2 with up, down, right, and left arrows. The Column 1 list box includes a text box, a plus control (+), and a minus (-) control to adjust column width. There are buttons to Add Column, Remove Column, Move Column Left, and Move Column Right, as well a Content button to return to the Content window.

Layout Window

Note: If you remove all content blocks from a column, the column is not automatically removed from the Dashboard View. If there are no content blocks in a column, empty space is shown in the Dashboard View.


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Procedure: How to Add a Column
  1. From the Content window, select a content page and then click Page Layout.
  2. Click Add Column. To move:
    • Items from one column to another, highlight the item and use the left and right arrows between the columns.
    • The position of a column, select the column and click Move Column Left or Move Column Right.
  3. Click Content to return to the Content window.

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Procedure: How to Adjust Column Width
  1. From the Content window, select a content page and click Page Layout.
  2. Click the plus (+) or minus (-) signs in the column to adjust column width.

    Note that you cannot adjust the width for the last column. Since column width total must equal 100%, the last column is always the remainder of all the other columns. For example, if you have 3 columns and column 1 is 50% and column 2 is 25%, column 3 is automatically set to 25%.

    Note: If you make your content blocks too small, the pop-up menu may not fully display.

  3. Click Content to return to the Content window.

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