Is there a reason you can't use a borderless Word table? Attempting to use
the Columns feature, created for snaking newspaper style columns, as
blocked/parallel columns is a nightmare! I think if we knew more about why
you're unable to use a table we might have other suggestions. :-)
Also, if you are setting up a template for others then the nonprinting
characters won't help since this is a user preference and isn't stored in
the document.
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"Beeler" wrote in message
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In word 2002 how does one view just the breaks, ie. column break, section
break? There are options to view seemingly every other type of hidden
character or code. Ideally I would like only column breaks to be visible
by
default for a template.
(For those interested, or with additional suggestions, I'm trying a
workaround for parallel columns in word w/o using tables, linked
textboxes
etc.)
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-Beeler