Just for the record, I didn't ask the original question. My comment was
about the belittling tone of the reply. I hang around in this group to see
if I can learn a few new things about Word 2003, but I don't pay close
attention, so maybe there's a history with the OP of which I am unaware. If
so, maybe that history prompted the put-downs, but on the face of it they
were gratuitous.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I have to give Jezebel credit for at least understanding what you were
talking about; I thought you were referring to table columns! But it would
probably have suffice to point out that the Columns dialog provides more
options than the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar.
In addition, in some versions of Word, formatting multiple columns using
the
Columns button doesn't cause Word to check the "Equal column width" box in
the Columns dialog, and this can cause problems when you change page size
or
orientation or even result in one column being the full margin width, with
no room allowed for the other(s), with the result that text just
disappears
at the end of the first column!
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"BruceM" wrote in message
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Was that really necessary?
"Jezebel" wrote in message
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OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*.
1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on
your
own?)
2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field.
3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard
between the 5 and 7 keys.)
"Rusher" wrote in message
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I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm
only
allowed 4???