From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Brody, William (Buck)" Subject: Format lists in multiple columns Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:44:03 -0500 Message-ID: <46FF04F1BA077D4586212E7E31C57D2A01DA2470E5@MAIL.darden.virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0814852625==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NZxsM-0000T7-SR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:26 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NZxsI-0000Ry-FS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56808 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NZxsI-0000Rt-7v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:22 -0500 Received: from proteus2.darden.virginia.edu ([128.143.59.148]:61392 helo=mail.darden.virginia.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NZxsH-0005EM-RZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:22 -0500 Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" --===============0814852625== Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_46FF04F1BA077D4586212E7E31C57D2A01DA2470E5MAILdardenvir_" --_000_46FF04F1BA077D4586212E7E31C57D2A01DA2470E5MAILdardenvir_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there a way to format lists into multiple columns. I want to do this in= order to preserve screen real estate and limit the number of pages used in= printing. For example: * Fruits 1. Apples 2. Oranges 3. Pears 4. Strawberries 5. Grapefruit 6. blueberries 7. nectarines Would Be * Fruits 1. Apples 5.Grapefruit 2. Oranges 6.blueberries 3. Pears 7.nectarines 4. Strawberries Thanks --_000_46FF04F1BA077D4586212E7E31C57D2A01DA2470E5MAILdardenvir_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Is there a way to format lists into multiple columns. = I want to do this in order to preserve screen real estate and limit the numbe= r of pages used in printing.

For example:

* Fruits

1. Apples

2. Oranges

3. Pears

4. Strawberries

5. Grapefruit

6. blueberries

7. nectarines

Would Be

* Fruits

1. Apples &nb= sp; 5.Grapefruit

2. Oranges &n= bsp; 6.blueberries

3. Pears &nbs= p; 7.nectarines<= /o:p>

4. Strawberries

Thanks

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