Word Columns

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Word - Columns

• David Turton
• Conestoga College
• Institute of Technology Advanced Learning
• http//www.conestogac.on.ca/dturton
• Doon 1B43 x3610

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Why use Columns?

• To keep the text from looking too wordy
• create brochures, newsletters, advertising
  materials
• and other strangely-folded things

• Eye-scan ease
• its easier to read narrower columns because
  theres less eye movement and strain
• less waste space
• consider a phone book with only 1 column.

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Splitting a report into columns
or
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Result full-page columns (in page view)
Note gutter column width adjustment
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Changing Existing Documents

• Position the cursor somewhere in the document and
  select the number of columns you want
• the whole document will be affected regardless of
  where the insertion point is.

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Formatting Pre-existing documentNote formatting
applied to whole document
Can drag to resize column gutter
Line option in format/columns
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But I dont want it all columns!

• By dividing your document into sections, you can
  format each section differently
• sections can have different column layouts or
  even different paper orientation.

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Desired Result
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1st section banner area from columns area
cursor
dont want the section to cause a page break
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2nd - format columnar area
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3rd - Section off bottom thingy
cursor
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4th - format bottom section
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Balancing Columns

• sometimes, columns end unevenly on the last page
• force to be more balanced
• move to the very end of the last column
• choose Insert / Break
• add a continuous section break
• the document thinks a new section is beginning
• balances the text in the preceding section