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Record 1 2003-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Electronic Publishing
CONT

Parallel columns are used to align blocks of text horizontally, that may not be even in length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Éditique
Key term(s)
  • colonnes côte à côte

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Publicación electrónica
DEF

Posicionamiento de bloques desiguales de texto en una página, uno al lado del otro; de modo que un párrafo dado se mantenga paralelo a los párrafos con que se relaciona.

Key term(s)
  • columna paralela
  • columnas una al lado de la otra
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