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Shifting of Text Between Columns
There are certain documents for which I keep master layouts (Office 2000).
One of these is of a newsletter format (two columns). Of late, when typing text into the leftmost column, for example, the text will fill up one-half of the page and then shift to the next column. As I type more text into the second column, Word will shift text back over to the first column to fill up the (unwanted) space. From days gone by, I remember an option to tell Word to make columns of equal length, which one might very well do on the final page of a document. But, I'll be darned if I can locate such a command (e.g. under Format). I am thankful if one has a solution to my dilemma! Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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Shifting of Text Between Columns
Text will balance or not depending on whether a final blank line (return) is
highlighted when seleting two columns. -- Rae Drysdale "Gordon Biggar" wrote: There are certain documents for which I keep master layouts (Office 2000). One of these is of a newsletter format (two columns). Of late, when typing text into the leftmost column, for example, the text will fill up one-half of the page and then shift to the next column. As I type more text into the second column, Word will shift text back over to the first column to fill up the (unwanted) space. From days gone by, I remember an option to tell Word to make columns of equal length, which one might very well do on the final page of a document. But, I'll be darned if I can locate such a command (e.g. under Format). I am thankful if one has a solution to my dilemma! Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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Shifting of Text Between Columns
If the two-column section ends with a section break, then by default the
columns will be balanced. There is a Compatibility option (Tools | Options | Compatibility) that you can use to enable/disable this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon Biggar" wrote in message ... There are certain documents for which I keep master layouts (Office 2000). One of these is of a newsletter format (two columns). Of late, when typing text into the leftmost column, for example, the text will fill up one-half of the page and then shift to the next column. As I type more text into the second column, Word will shift text back over to the first column to fill up the (unwanted) space. From days gone by, I remember an option to tell Word to make columns of equal length, which one might very well do on the final page of a document. But, I'll be darned if I can locate such a command (e.g. under Format). I am thankful if one has a solution to my dilemma! Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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Shifting of Text Between Columns
Happy New Year, Fairhope!
You're right on the money (again). I have a section break at the end of the columnar text, and by enabling your suggestion I have eliminated the unbalancing. Now, will I remember this trick, and for how long..... Merci, madame. Regards, Gordon Biggar "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If the two-column section ends with a section break, then by default the columns will be balanced. There is a Compatibility option (Tools | Options | Compatibility) that you can use to enable/disable this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon Biggar" wrote in message ... There are certain documents for which I keep master layouts (Office 2000). One of these is of a newsletter format (two columns). Of late, when typing text into the leftmost column, for example, the text will fill up one-half of the page and then shift to the next column. As I type more text into the second column, Word will shift text back over to the first column to fill up the (unwanted) space. From days gone by, I remember an option to tell Word to make columns of equal length, which one might very well do on the final page of a document. But, I'll be darned if I can locate such a command (e.g. under Format). I am thankful if one has a solution to my dilemma! Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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Shifting of Text Between Columns
Not sure that I understand your post, Rae. The section that I start work in
on the page has no text, but it is formatted for two columns. As I type text into the columns, Word automatically balances the columns, which I do not want until the very last page. Gordon Biggar "Rae Drysdale" wrote in message ... Text will balance or not depending on whether a final blank line (return) is highlighted when seleting two columns. -- Rae Drysdale "Gordon Biggar" wrote: There are certain documents for which I keep master layouts (Office 2000). One of these is of a newsletter format (two columns). Of late, when typing text into the leftmost column, for example, the text will fill up one-half of the page and then shift to the next column. As I type more text into the second column, Word will shift text back over to the first column to fill up the (unwanted) space. From days gone by, I remember an option to tell Word to make columns of equal length, which one might very well do on the final page of a document. But, I'll be darned if I can locate such a command (e.g. under Format). I am thankful if one has a solution to my dilemma! Regards, Gordon Biggar Houston, Texas |
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