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How to skip text entry point to next column using iText?

I am creating a 3-column layout using iText java lib.

The biggest problem is that the text in the first column may be less than in the second column or third or less in the second column than in the third column. So I need to move the insertion point to the next column.

I tried using the nextColumn method, which should move the insertion point to the next column, but it moves all the columns to the right.

Perhaps someone had the same problem and know how to do it right?

Thanks for answers!

The following figure shows what I want. columns layout

UPDATE:

Well, I will try to rephrase the question.

Here is the code as I declare 3 columns:

MultiColumnText columnsFooter = new MultiColumnText(210f);
columnsFooter.addRegularColumns(document.left() - 10f,
    document.right(), 0, 3);
columnsFooter.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);

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    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;


public class ColumnTextExample {


    /** Definition of four columns */
    public static final float[][] COLUMNS = {
        { 36, 36, 224, 579 } , { 230, 36, 418, 579 },
        { 424, 36, 612, 579 } , { 618, 36, 806, 579 }
    };

    public static final String ARTICLE1 = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.";
    public static final String ARTICLE2 = ARTICLE1 + " " + ARTICLE1 + " " + ARTICLE1;
    public static final String ARTICLE3 = ARTICLE1 + " " + ARTICLE1;
public static final String[] ARTICLES = { "HEADER 1\n" + ARTICLE1, "HEADER 2\n" + ARTICLE2, "HEADER 3\n" + ARTICLE3, "HEADER 4\n" + ARTICLE1, "HEADER 5\n" + ARTICLE3 };

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        // step 1
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate());
        // step 2
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("columns.pdf"));
        // step 3
        document.open();
        // step 4
        ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(writer.getDirectContent());
        int column = 0;
        ct.setSimpleColumn(
            COLUMNS[column][0], COLUMNS[column][1],
            COLUMNS[column][2], COLUMNS[column][3]);
        int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;
        for (String article : ARTICLES) {
            ct.addElement(new Paragraph(article));
            status = ct.go();
            while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {
                column = nextColumn(document, column, ct);
                status = ct.go();
            }
            column = nextColumn(document, column, ct);
        }
        // step 5
        document.close();
    }

    public static int nextColumn(Document document, int column, ColumnText ct) {
        column = (column + 1) % 4;
        if (column == 0)
            document.newPage();
        ct.setSimpleColumn(
                COLUMNS[column][0], COLUMNS[column][1],
                COLUMNS[column][2], COLUMNS[column][3]);
        return column;
    }
}

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