On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Pavneet Arora wrote:
As part of this legal document set that I have been working to put together, I needed side-by-side text. Looking at the wiki, I noticed that there are at least 3 methods: columns, paragraphs, columnsets.
I only attempted two, but they seem to have quite different results. I understood that columns were for simple cases. However, in my MWE below, the \column command breaks the "columns" in unusual way.
One can also swap out the order of the paragraphs and columns methods; the results are similar. Also, one can adjust the dorecurse command with additional lorems to see where the "columns" land on the page. Again results are similar.
Any suggestions?
What is the desired output? Do you want the left "column" to continue on to the next page? Is so, you could use the tabulate environment. \setuppaper[A5, landscape] \starttext \startalignment[middle] {\tfc AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT} \stopalignment \starttabulate[|p(0.5\textwidth)|p(0.1\textwidth)|p(0.4\textwidth)|] \NC WITNESSES: \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.} \NC \NC (TESTATOR)\crlf Ms. B.E. Def \NC \NR \NC WITNESSES: \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{1.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{2.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{3.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{4.} \fillinrules[n=15,interlinespace=small,width=broad,separator=]{5.} \NC \NC (TESTATOR)\crlf Ms. B.E. Def \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext