Try this: Go to Format | Columns and click on the Preset picture for One.
Click OK to close. Then reopen the Columns dialog and reselect the correct
number of columns, making sure that the "Equal column width" check box is
checked.
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"sajara" wrote in message
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It's gone. I checked, and the file is opening in the print view. The
formatting is also changed on reopen -- the last two lines of text from
the
left column are now forced into the right column, and the two lines of
text
that are supposed to be in the right column are nowhere to be seen. The
only
indications of formatting left are a continuous section break after the
noncolumned preceding text and a column break after the second column
before
the remaining noncolumned subseqent text. So the formatting is different
on
reopen than it was on save/close.
Thanks!
"CyberTaz" wrote:
Is it "gone" or does it continue down the left "column" below the
content
that is *supposed* to be in the left column? The first thing that comes
to
mind is that the file is simply reopening in Normal View - which doesn't
*display* column layout. Switch to Print Layout view & see if that
doesn't
"bring the columns back".
However, the file *should* reopen in the same View in which it was last
saved, so even if this is what's happening there is some other problem
that's causing it to open in a different View. Post back with your
response
to the above as well as checking for replies from others.
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Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"sajara" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have a caption in a legal document that is set to two columns. I
did
this
by selecting the info & choosing "2 columns." There is non-columned
info
above and below the caption. All is fine until I reopen the document.
On
reopen, the info in the right-hand column is gone. I can get it back
by
deleting the section breaks Word originally set up & going through the
formatting process again, but of course this is really annoying to
have to
do
this over & over.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Natalie
Word 2003