How to use a vertical line as column separator in Pages?

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How to use a vertical line as column separator in Pages?

I have a two-column document (a questionnaire) in which I'd like to have a thin vertical line separating the text columns for the sake of clarity. I've tried inserting a floating line using "Insert Shape" but it doesn't appear to like living between the columns. I see these column separators quite a bit in published multi-column layouts, so I figure that I'm not completely crazy. Can anybody offer a suggestion?

Charlie Perdue

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Posted on Jul 23, 2008 10:52 AM

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Answer 1

dwb

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Dec 29, 2010 11:26 AM in response to Charlie Perdue

After you've inserted the line as floating, you have one more step. In the Inspector, select the third tab (object placement) and turn off Object causes wrap. That should do what you want.

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Answer 2

Dec 29, 2010 11:26 AM in response to Charlie Perdue

Thanks... that did it! I had (mistakenly) assumed that once the line was "floating" that it wouldn't interact with the text any more, so that I didn't have to worry about the whole "wrap" issue.

Thanks for the quick response.

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Answer 3

dwb

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Dec 29, 2010 11:26 AM in response to Charlie Perdue

Actually, if you think about it, when an object is floating, that's when wrap is generally required. The graphic is floating on top of the text so without wrapping, we have a mess.

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