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COLUMN SNAKING [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Office Automation
DEF

In word processing and electronic typesetting, the production of continuous text that flows down one column and up the next in a single stream.

OBS

The result is a snaking column, often called a newspaper column since snaking is used mostly for newspaper typesetting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Éditique
  • Bureautique
DEF

À l'aide de systèmes électroniques, composition de textes continus qui s'enchaînent d'une colonne à l'autre sans interruption. Il en résulte une colonne de texte sinueux.

Spanish

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