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<title>multicolumn | column-rule</title>
<link rel="author" title="Opera Software ASA" href="http://www.opera.com/"/>
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/#column-gaps-and-rules"/>
<link rel="match" href="multicol-rule-ref.xht"/>
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body {
	margin: 0;
}
body>div {
	font-family: Ahem;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1em;
	color: black;
	background: yellow;
	margin: 1em;
	border: 1em solid gray;
	width: 15em;
	position: relative;
	orphans: 1;
	widows: 1;

	column-count: 4;
	column-gap: 1em;
}
span {
	background: blue;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 3em;
	height: 2em;
	width: 1em;
}
span+span {
	left: 7em;
}
span+span+span {
	left: 11em;
}
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<body>

<div>
	xx xx
<span>
</span>
	xx xx
<span>
</span>
	xx xx
<span>
</span>
	xx xx
</div>

</body>
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