Choosing another folder region layout

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The layout of folder regions determines how items and sub-folders are arranged in the folder area when the folder is rendered. Oracle Portal provides five different folder region layouts that you can choose to apply to your folder. For each folder region, you can set the number of columns and rows, how items are sorted, grouped, and ordered, and which item attributes appear beside the item.
	You must be logged on as the style administrator or creator of the style to perform this task. Be careful when changing the style applied to the folder since any changes affect the appearance of all other folders and navigation bars using that style.

To choose another folder region:

Note: If you are already in the folder in which you want to work with, click Folder Style on the folder dashboard and continue from step 4. In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab. Navigate to Path: Content Areas > Name of Content Area > Styles. In the Actions column, click Edit next to the style you want to work with to display the Style Manager. Click the Folder Layout tab. In the Folder Layout section, choose which folder layout diagram best reflects how you want to arrange items and a sub-folders in the folder regions. Layout Folder Region Layout Description And Diagram Layout regions in five rows. By default, all new folders (including the content area's default style) are assigned this folder layout. Layout regions in three columns, with the middle column divided into three rows. Layout regions in two columns, with the first column divided into four rows. Layout regions in two columns, with the first column divided into four rows. Layout regions in three rows, with the middle row divided into three columns. Click Apply to refresh your page and continue to work. The region layout diagram is automatically updated to show the placement of the navigation bar and folder regions according to the folder layout you chose. The region layout diagram reflects how the folder regions appear on the rendered page. Click beside any region in the region layout diagram to edit its properties, including the default region names (i.e. Quickpicks, News, Regular items, etc.). The Style Manager (Edit Region): Item or sub-folder tab automatically appears. Edit any of the Folder Region Properties or Region Content Properties. Click Apply. The folder region layout is modified with your changes.

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You can only have one sub-folder region displayed in any folder region in the folder area. If you change an item type region to a sub-folder region, the regions and all of its content items swap positions.

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What are folder regions?	What is a style?

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