[Peter T. Daniels]

Unless the Ribbon is laid out differently in 2010 than in 2007, you
want the Page Layout tab on the ribbon, then under Break you'll find
(under Secton Breaks) the Continuous one. Just put that in the
paragraph after the last one in your last column. (I always first try
to find Break under Insert, so if they were really clever, for 2010
they moved Breaks to Insert, or duplicated it there.)

On Jul 11, 11:47*am, Franz21 wrote:
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:

;492787']Adding a continuous section break at the end of the last column
will
force Word to balance the columns.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Any kind of break I tried to insert didn't have the effect. Could you
elaborate how I insert a "continuous section break"?

The problem is not that the the columns aren't roughly balanced in
height. The problem is that that they aren't balanced to the millimeter!

--
Franz21

[Franz21]

Tanks, I found it. Alas, it did not work. The bottoms of the columns over the pages are still ragged and not flush with the bottom margin.

Any other ideas? Or is there no such functionality?

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

Unless the Ribbon is laid out differently in 2010 than in 2007, you
want the Page Layout tab on the ribbon, then under Break you'll find
(under Secton Breaks) the Continuous one. Just put that in the
paragraph after the last one in your last column. (I always first try
to find Break under Insert, so if they were really clever, for 2010
they moved Breaks to Insert, or duplicated it there.)

On Jul 11, 11:47*am, Franz21 wrote:
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:

;492787']Adding a continuous section break at the end of the last column
will
force Word to balance the columns.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Any kind of break I tried to insert didn't have the effect. Could you
elaborate how I insert a "continuous section break"?

The problem is not that the the columns aren't roughly balanced in
height. The problem is that that they aren't balanced to the millimeter!

--
Franz21

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Did you verify that the compatibility option is cleared?

Also, and more importantly, are you in fact using newspaper columns? If
you are using a table, adding a continuous break isn't going to work.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





On 2012-07-12 11:58, Franz21 wrote:
Tanks, I found it. Alas, it did not work. The bottoms of the columns
over the pages are still ragged and not flush with the bottom margin.

Any other ideas? Or is there no such functionality?

Peter T. Daniels;492799 Wrote:
Unless the Ribbon is laid out differently in 2010 than in 2007, you
want the Page Layout tab on the ribbon, then under Break you'll find
(under Secton Breaks) the Continuous one. Just put that in the
paragraph after the last one in your last column. (I always first try
to find Break under Insert, so if they were really clever, for 2010
they moved Breaks to Insert, or duplicated it there.)

On Jul 11, 11:47*am, Franz21 wrote:-
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:
-
;492787']Adding a continuous section break at the end of the last
column
will
force Word to balance the columns.-
-
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP-

Any kind of break I tried to insert didn't have the effect. Could you
elaborate how I insert a "continuous section break"?

The problem is not that the the columns aren't roughly balanced in
height. The problem is that that they aren't balanced to the
millimeter!

--
Franz21-

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

FWIW, the commands are in the same location in Word 2010.

Also, at File tab | Options | Advanced, make sure that "Don't balance
columns at the start of Continuous sections" is *cleared* (to see the
option, click to expand the "Layout options").

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





On 2012-07-11 22:49, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Unless the Ribbon is laid out differently in 2010 than in 2007, you
want the Page Layout tab on the ribbon, then under Break you'll find
(under Secton Breaks) the Continuous one. Just put that in the
paragraph after the last one in your last column. (I always first try
to find Break under Insert, so if they were really clever, for 2010
they moved Breaks to Insert, or duplicated it there.)

On Jul 11, 11:47 am, Franz21 wrote:
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:

;492787']Adding a continuous section break at the end of the last column
will
force Word to balance the columns.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Any kind of break I tried to insert didn't have the effect. Could you
elaborate how I insert a "continuous section break"?

The problem is not that the the columns aren't roughly balanced in
height. The problem is that that they aren't balanced to the millimeter!

--
Franz21

[Franz21]

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom[_3_]

FWIW, the commands are in the same location in Word 2010.

Also, at File tab | Options | Advanced, make sure that "Don't balance
columns at the start of Continuous sections" is *cleared* (to see the
option, click to expand the "Layout options").

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Yeah, that is indeed correct, though it doesn't solve the problem. Columns aren't precisely aligned to the bottom margin but rather still ragged on all pages (see attached picture).

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

You'd have to experiment with fixed line spacing to have text line up
across columns. Also, spacing before/after must be integer multiples of
the line spacing. See if you find it worth the effort (you're really
working against Word's capabilities). :-(

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





On 2012-07-12 17:15, Franz21 wrote:
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:
;492802']FWIW, the commands are in the same location in Word 2010.

Also, at File tab | Options | Advanced, make sure that "Don't balance
columns at the start of Continuous sections" is *cleared* (to see the
option, click to expand the "Layout options").

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


Yeah, that is indeed correct, though it doesn't solve the problem.
Columns aren't precisely aligned to the bottom margin but rather still
ragged on all pages (see attached picture).


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filename: ragged.jpg |
|Download: http://www.wordbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

[Peter T. Daniels]

In order to get half-line alignment like that, you must have either
space between paragraphs, or different-sized illustrations in the two
columns (how can we say anything if you only show the very bottom of
the page?).

On Jul 12, 11:15*am, Franz21 wrote:
'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:

;492802']FWIW, the commands are in the same location in Word 2010.

Also, at File tab | Options | Advanced, make sure that "Don't balance
columns at the start of Continuous sections" is *cleared* (to see the
option, click to expand the "Layout options").

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Yeah, that is indeed correct, though it doesn't solve the problem.
Columns aren't precisely aligned to the bottom margin but rather still
ragged on all pages (see attached picture).

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filename: ragged.jpg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
|Download:http://www.wordbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=131|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

--
Franz21