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== Usage ==<br />
{{tl|Multicol}} is used to start a multi-column section of a page. Between each block of column text insert <tt>{{tl|Multicol-break}}</tt> and close the last column with <tt>{{tl|Multicol-end}}</tt>. For example:<br />
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<pre><br />
{{Multicol}}<br />
This text appears in the first column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the second column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the third column.<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
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Provides this format:<br />
{{Multicol}}<br />
This text appears in the first column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the second column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the third column.<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
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You can have any number of columns. Each column will be the same width, equally dividing the available horizontal space. Each column has a small right margin (20 pixels), creating a "gutter" that prevents text in one column from touching text in the column to its right. See [[User:Franl|franl]]'s user page for examples of how this template can be used.<br />
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== Parameters ==<br />
This template has two optional parameters: the overall width of the set of columns and the width of the gutter. The overall width of the set of columns can be an absolute value (e.g., <tt>40em</tt>) or a percentage of the available page width (e.g., <tt>50%</tt>). This parameter defaults to <tt>100%</tt>. For example, to create a multi-column section that is only 50% the width of the page:<br />
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<pre><br />
{{Multicol|50%}}<br />
This text appears in the first column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the second column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the third column.<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
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Provides this format:<br />
{{Multicol|50%}}<br />
This text appears in the first column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the second column.<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
This text appears in the third column.<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
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The multi-column region is always positioned on the left side of the containing block. To change this, place the above Wikitext in a <tt>[[DIV (HTML tag)|DIV]]</tt> block that has the [[Cascading Style Sheet|CSS]] attribute <tt>text-align</tt> set to either <tt>center</tt> or <tt>right</tt>, like this:<br />
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<pre><br />
<div style="text-align:center;">{{center|<br />
{{Multicol|50%}}<br />
...<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
}}</div><br />
</pre><br />
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== Related templates ==<br />
The templates {{tl|Col-begin}} and friends do something similar to this template and its friends, but this template may be easier to use. Each of the following examples produce the same result (a 3-column table in which all columns have equal width):<br />
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<center><br />
{{Multicol|50%}}<br />
<pre><br />
{{Multicol}}<br />
Column 1<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
Column 2<br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
Column 3<br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
</pre><br />
{{Multicol-break}}<br />
<pre><br />
{{Col-begin}}<br />
{{Col-3}}<br />
Column 1<br />
{{Col-3}}<br />
Column 2<br />
{{Col-3}}<br />
Column 3<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
</pre><br />
{{Multicol-end}}<br />
</center><br />
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It's simpler to add more columns to the {{tl|Multicol}} example than to the {{tl|Col-begin}} example, because in the latter case, all occurrences of {{tl|Col-3}} would need to be changed to {{tl|Col-4}}.<br />
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