Reformats selected text to use columns of a more readable width.

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Version
0.9.4
Update
May 26, 2015
Size
421KiB
Developer
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Users
154
Rating
3.6 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Text into Multiple Columns Extension

Reformats selected text to use columns of a more readable width.

Studies suggest that it's easier and faster to read text if the text is presented in narrow columns. The growth of full width browsing on wide screen monitors plays directly against this.

Add this extension to make it easy to reformat the text into something manageable.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","name": "Text into Multiple Columns","version": "0.9.4","manifest_version": 2,"description": "Reformats selected text to use columns of a more readable width.","content_scripts": [ {"all_frames": true,"matches": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*" ],"js": [ "text-columns.js" ]} ],"background": {"scripts": ["background.js"]},"browser_action": {"default_icon": "cols.png","default_title": "Display selected text in multiple columns."}}
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User reviews

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Pat MySecret (ID: 0000000f565a0b8a) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 10/18/2021 Nice.. I could use something with options

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David Filskov (ID: 0000008701b5a273) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 12/07/2016 Didn't work

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Kluge Hupner (ID: 00000076e06a4a7f) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/30/2015 Just select all and click the icon to make widescreen text readable. Wanted: an 'auto-columnify' feature.

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Juan Ferro (ID: 000000f4694c0060) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/04/2013 Good app for students

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Daniel Fazeres (ID: 000000bfcb3aabe3) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/25/2013 For those who didn't figure out right away how to use this: you highlight/select the text you want to display in columns and then you click the App button at the top right corner.