A multicolumn layout arranges content in two to four columns, side by side. A column can hold any kind of content, including tables, images and another multicolumn layout.

The borders around the columns are only a guide while editing. In read-only notes, shared notes and printouts, the columns have no borders, and their text lines up with the rest of the note.

Inserting a layout

In the formatting bar, go to Insert → Multiple column layout to insert a layout with two columns. Its submenu offers 2 columns, 3 columns and 4 columns.
Alternatively, type /columns and choose 2 columns layout, 3 columns layout or 4 columns layout, as described in Slash Commands.

The columns of a new layout have equal widths. If text is selected when the layout is inserted, the selection moves into the first column.

Changing the columns

While the cursor is inside a layout, a toolbar appears above it with a button that shows the current layout. Clicking it opens a row of figures, one for each available layout; hovering over a figure shows its number of columns and their widths:

Columns	Widths
2	50%-50%, 25%-75%, 75%-25%
3	33%-33%-33%, 25%-50%-25%
4	25%-25%-25%-25%

Choosing a layout with more columns adds empty columns at the end.
Choosing a layout with fewer columns removes the last columns and moves their content to the end of the last remaining column.

Removing a layout

To remove the layout but keep its content, click the Remove layout button in the layout's toolbar. The content of the columns is placed one after another where the layout was, and empty columns are left out.
To delete the layout together with its content, click the handle at its top-left corner to select it, then press Delete.

Narrow screens

When a layout has too little room for its columns (narrower than about 500 pixels, such as on a phone), the columns are stacked one below the other. While editing, alternating background colors take the place of the borders. This applies to each layout on its own, so a layout inside a narrow column is stacked while the outer one stays side by side.

Printing and exporting

When printing or exporting to PDF, the columns are printed side by side, without borders.
Markdown has no columns, so Markdown export writes the content of the columns one after another.