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The answers suggest ways to work around the difficulty you're experiencing
and reasons why it is unlikely that Microsoft will implement your
suggestion. Because section breaks are required when you change columns and
there is currently no way to incorporate section breaks in a paragraph style
(though a "Section break before" property has also been suggested), it would
be very difficult to do what you suggest.

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"Dave_S_UK" wrote in message
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sorry guys,
I meant this to be a suggestion to microsoft rather than a discussion
forum
post, probably used the wrong link.
Thanks for the feedback anyway
Dave

"Dave_S_UK" wrote:

The columns are somewhat difficult to use in word, especially if you
want the
heading to span the entire page you have to select "from this point on"
in
the dialog box. Is it possible to have Columns as one of the formatting
selections included with a style? Then you could click on Column 1 as
your
style and the section is automatically formatted.
Thanks
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Dave_S_UK