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<center>**Using Steemit's Raw Markdown Editor can get a bit tricky if you're a beginner, 
so in this post I will tell you exactly how you can  include multi-column text in your next Steemit post**</center>

This method allow's you format Text into 2 column sections, this type of formatting Style is commonly found in Newspaper & Magazines. Using 2 columns not only to make text reading more comfortable, but it also allows to make a better use of the space on the page
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## Example
**2 Columns**

<div class=pull-left>Long lines of text can be hard to read, so doing multiple columns breaks the lines up to something more optimal.	
In type-setting there is actually a sweet spot between too short lines (eyes have to constantly jump lines) and too long lines (when jumping a line it's hard to figure out which line is the next one and not accidentally skip a line). </div>
<div class=pull-right> It was shown, by experiment, that optimal amount of text for print material is ~60 characters per column. Higher amount of characters per column interferes with brain's ability to scan through text easily, much like you need to break text into paragraphs for same reason</div>
>An alternative method to Display Content
                                
**You can simply copy paste the code below into your Raw Editor and change my Text!**

> \<div class=pull-left>
> Write you first Column Text right here followed by closing Markdown Code
> \</div>
> \<div class=pull-right>
> Now write the Text of your 2nd Column, keep in mind that some Markdown Styling won't Work
> \</div>

The First Step is to wrap the text for your first column by typing out the Markdown Code   <br>**\<div class=pull-left>** tag followed by the content and **\</div>** the closing tag to complete the first Column. After that you'll have do the following again for the second column however the first Markdown code will be **\<div class=pull-right>** (instead of pull-left it's pull-right) tag at the start and **\</div>** at the end

<center><img src="http://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/12/06/steemitcolumns4e6cc.jpg" alt="steemitcolumns4e6cc.jpg" border="0"></center>

# Column Style Editing
 
In the first Example, I showed you how to include a Column using Raw Editor, now it's time to learn how to edit your column in the scenario where you wish to change your font style or include paragraph

If you try to make certain text **bold** or *Italic* in the column you'll notice that your Markdown Code is not functioning. To bypass this, you can still use HTML tags to style and edit your Text.

### Here is the Equivalent HTML tag for Bold, Italic and Paragraph Break
**\<b>** for **bold**
**\<em>** for *italic*
**\<br>\<br>** for Paragraph Break (Leave the Next Sentence Blank)

Keep in mind that Markdown styling won't work when using a Markdown code to construct Columns, but you can always replace it with the equivalent HTML tags. e.g. **\<b> for **bold**,** **\<em>** for *italic*, and if you want a paragraph break, use **\<br>\<br>**
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