I was setting up a test for my students, consisting of one page (A4 landscape), three columns.  Each column consisted of a question, below which there was an empty frame in which to write the answer.  The layout then was something like<br>
--<br>\startcolumns[n=3]<br>\startitemize[n]<br>\item First question<br><br>\framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{}<br><br>\column<br><br>\item Second question<br>
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\framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{}<br>
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\column<br><br>\item Third question<br>
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\framed[height=10cm width=\textwidth]{}<br>
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\stopitemize<br>\stopcolumns<br>--<br><br>All well and good - except!  the second &quot;\column&quot; command pushed the third column onto a second page.  However without that &quot;\column&quot;, no matter what parameters I gave the page layout, the third question text would appear at the bottom of the second column.  I ended up getting around this by putting a &quot;\vskip3cm&quot; in place of the second &quot;\column&quot;.  This worked, but seems like an ugly workaround.<br>
<br>What&#39;s going on here - and what am I doing wrong?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Alasdair<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Blog: <a href="http://amca01.wordpress.com">http://amca01.wordpress.com</a><br>Web:  <a href="http://bit.ly/Alasdair">http://bit.ly/Alasdair</a><br>
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