Text+in+columns+in+Word

Text in columns in Word

You may wish in certain circumstances to have all or part of your document in columns, similar to a Newspaper.

Especially with lists of small items, columns let you display more information in a smaller amount of space.

How do I do that you may ask ? Here is how :‐

Commence by typing as normal the text you want displayed in columns.

Then Highlight the text with your mouse.

On the top toolbar select ʺFormatʺ > ʺColumnsʺ.

Select or enter the number of columns you wish to use.

In ʺWidth and spacingʺ select how wide each column should be, plus the spacing between each column.

Or, you can let Microsoft Word 2003 do this for you.


 * Note:‐**

That by un‐checking/ticking ʺEqual column widthʺ, you can customize each columnʹs individual spacing and width, rather than apply the same constraints to each column.

If you would like lines separating your columns, Check ʺLine betweenʺ.

The next step is important why ? because if you do not ensure that ʺApply toʺ and ʺSelected Textʺ is displayed, the whole document ,( That is text which you do not want in columns is included.

Now you do not like it, worry not you can undo and start over.

Finally before pressing OK it is advisable to have already saved your document, just in case something goes wrong in the process, if you didn’t you would have to start all over and that would certainly be aggravating