Version 5.7.12

# `Output`

This command is similar to `PlaceObject` and is currently limited to output text which can be broken across positioning frames and which can wrap around objects.

## Child elements

`HTML`, `Text`

## Parent elements

`AtPageCreation`, `AtPageShipout`, `Case`, `Contents`, `ForAll`, `Function`, `Loop`, `Otherwise`, `Record`, `SavePages`, `SetVariable`, `Until`, `While`

## Attributes

`allocate` (optional)
  Should text flow around already allocated objects? This currently works on the current page only.
  - `yes`: Regular behavior: the text does not flow around objects.
  - `auto`: Text flows around allocated objects.
`area` (text, optional)
  The name of the positioning frame for the text.
`balance` (optional, since version 3.2.1)
  Balance text on the last page (experimental)
  - `yes`: Balance the last page
  - `no`: Do not balance the last page (default)
`last-padding-bottom-max` (length, optional, since version 3.2.1)
  The maximum padding on the last page when valign-last is set to bottom
`row` (number, optional)
  The starting row for the text.
`valign-last` (optional, since version 3.2.1)
  When balancing: align the last columns at the top (default) or bottom (experimental).
  - `top`: Top alignment (default)
  - `bottom`: Align at the bottom
`width` (number or length, optional, since version 5.1.19)
  Width of the text

## Example

    <Pagetype name="page" test="true()">
        <Margin left="1cm" right="1cm" top="1cm" bottom="1cm"/>
        <PositioningArea name="text">
          <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="1" column="1"/>
          <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="1" column="11"/>
          <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="6" column="1"/>
          <PositioningFrame width="9" height="4" row="6" column="11"/>
        </PositioningArea>
      </Pagetype>
      <Record element="data">
        <Output area="text">
          <Text>
            <Paragraph fontfamily="text">
              <Value>A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul,...</Value>
            </Paragraph>
          </Text>
        </Output>
      </Record>

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