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[css-multicol-1] Improve description of how spanners work.
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</dd>
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<dt><dfn>all</dfn></dt>
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<dd>
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The element is taken [=out-of-flow=]
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and spans across all columns of the nearest multicol ancestor
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The element forces a column break and is taken [=out of flow=]
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to span across all columns of the nearest multicol ancestor
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in the same [=block formatting context=].
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Content in the normal flow that appears before the element
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is automatically balanced across all columns
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in the immediately preceding [=multi-column line=] before the element appears.
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in the immediately preceding [=multi-column line=] before the element appears,
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and any subsequent content flows into a new [=multi-column line=] after the element.
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The element establishes an [=independent formatting context=].
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Note: Whether the element establishes a new <a>formatting context</a>
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their [=containing block chain=] skips directly to the [=multicol container=]
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(skipping any ancestors between the [=spanner=] and the [=multicol container=]).
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A spanning element is taken [=out-of-flow=], leaving a forced break.
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This does not affect the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/zindex.html">painting order</a> [[!CSS21]] of the spanning element.
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Although the spanner is taken [=out-of-flow=],
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this does not affect the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/zindex.html">painting order</a> [[!CSS21]] of the spanning element.
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<div class="example">
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In this example, an <code>h2</code> element has been added to the sample document after the sixth sentence

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