ColumnCount

TextFrameFormat.ColumnCount property

Returns or sets number of columns in the text area. This value must be a positive number. Otherwise, the value will be set to zero. Value 0 means undefined value. Read/write Int32.

public int ColumnCount { get; set; }

Examples

The following sample code shows how to add column in Text frame inside a PowerPoint Presentation.

[C#]
string outPptxFileName = "ColumnsTest.pptx";
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation())
{
    IAutoShape shape1 = pres.Slides[0].Shapes.AddAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 100, 100, 300, 300);
    TextFrameFormat format = (TextFrameFormat)shape1.TextFrame.TextFrameFormat;
    format.ColumnCount = 2;
    shape1.TextFrame.Text = "All these columns are forced to stay within a single text container -- " +
                                "you can add or delete text - and the new or remaining text automatically adjusts " +
                                "itself to stay within the container. You cannot have text spill over from one container " +
                                "to other, though -- because PowerPoint's column options for text are limited!";
    pres.Save(outPptxFileName, SaveFormat.Pptx);
    using (Presentation test = new Presentation(outPptxFileName))
    {
        Debug.Assert(2 == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnCount);
        Debug.Assert(double.NaN == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnSpacing);
    }
    format.ColumnSpacing = 20;
    pres.Save(outPptxFileName, SaveFormat.Pptx);
    using (Presentation test = new Presentation(outPptxFileName))
    {
        Debug.Assert(2 == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnCount);
        Debug.Assert(20 == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnSpacing);
    }
    format.ColumnCount = 3;
    format.ColumnSpacing = 15;
    pres.Save(outPptxFileName, SaveFormat.Pptx);
    using (Presentation test = new Presentation(outPptxFileName))
    {
        Debug.Assert(3 == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnCount);
        Debug.Assert(15 == ((AutoShape)test.Slides[0].Shapes[0]).TextFrame.TextFrameFormat.ColumnSpacing);
    }
}

See Also

CenterText ColumnSpacing