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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>multicolumn | column-span</title>
<link rel="author" title="Opera Software ASA" href="http://www.opera.com/"/>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
body {
	margin: 0;
}
body>div {
	font-family: Ahem;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1em;
	color: navy;
	background: yellow;
	margin: 1em;
	border: 1em solid gray;
	width: 8em;
	height: 13em;
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	overflow: hidden;
}
div div {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 8em;
	height: 2em;
	background: navy;
}
#s2 {
	top: 11em;
}
#s3 {
	background: black;
	top: 3em;
}
#s4 {
	background: pink;
	top: 5em;
	height: 1em;
}
#s5 {
	background: black;
	top: 6em;
	height: 1em;
}
#s6 {
	background: pink;
	top: 7em;
	height: 1em;
}
#s7 {
	background: black;
	top: 9em;
	height: 1em;
}
]]></style>
</head>

<body>

<div>
	<div></div>
	<div id="s2"></div>
	<div id="s3"></div>
	<div id="s4"></div>
	<div id="s5"></div>
	<div id="s6"></div>
	<div id="s7"></div>
</div>

</body>
</html>