[Andy]

I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.

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In Word I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left (larger)
column.
(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


Can I do this in Word?

[CyberTaz]

One option - Try using a 2-Column *Table* rather than newspaper-type Column
layout.

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HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Andy" wrote in message
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I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.

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In Word I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left (larger)
column.
(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


Can I do this in Word?

[Andy]

"Andy" wrote in message

I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.
In Word, I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left
(larger) column.

(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


On 07 Aug 2006, CyberTaztypegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote:

One option - Try using a 2-Column *Table* rather than
newspaper-type Column layout.

Bob Jones, [MVP] Office:Mac


Bob, a table makes for a lot of work skipping between cells because
the left side will be a transcript of what was said at a meeting
lasting 45 minutes.

Any other ideas?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, you could use my suggestion instead.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Andy" wrote in message
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"Andy" wrote in message

I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.
In Word, I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left
(larger) column.

(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


On 07 Aug 2006, CyberTaztypegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote:

One option - Try using a 2-Column *Table* rather than
newspaper-type Column layout.

Bob Jones, [MVP] Office:Mac


Bob, a table makes for a lot of work skipping between cells because
the left side will be a transcript of what was said at a meeting
lasting 45 minutes.

Any other ideas?

[Andy]

On 10 Aug 2006, Suzanne S. wrote:

Well, you could use my suggestion instead.



I'm getting lost here. Am not clear what your suggestion was.

I do not see any other posts by you to this thread.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Hmm. Could have sworn I'd posted, but I think I was thinking of another
thread in which someone wanted a column of empty space for inserting
handwritten notes. I think you are trying to insert comments in the actual
Word document, though, so my article at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm might offer a better
way.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Andy" wrote in message
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On 10 Aug 2006, Suzanne S. wrote:

Well, you could use my suggestion instead.



I'm getting lost here. Am not clear what your suggestion was.

I do not see any other posts by you to this thread.

[bishop]

Try creating two tables -- sorry I cut off my first message; but wrote another

"Andy" wrote:

"Andy" wrote in message

I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.
In Word, I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left
(larger) column.

(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


On 07 Aug 2006, CyberTaztypegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote:

One option - Try using a 2-Column *Table* rather than
newspaper-type Column layout.

Bob Jones, [MVP] Office:Mac


Bob, a table makes for a lot of work skipping between cells because
the left side will be a transcript of what was said at a meeting
lasting 45 minutes.

Any other ideas?

[bishop]

Try using tables format, instead of columns. Just a suggestion. It might
work. I don't know about Publisher. I have never tried with that. I do go
to websites that have attachments and comments, but have never tried to
create them. It's worth a try in word. I just experiment until I find a
way. No manual will ever be able to answer any of our questions, except
simpliest -- unless you want to spend the rest of your life learning all the
updates that are supposed to be so useful.

"Andy" wrote:

I am on XP Pro/SP2 with Office Pro 2003.

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In Word I want to have two columns:

(1) I want the text of what was said at a meeting in the left (larger)
column.
(2) I want to put the odd comment in the right column.


Can I do this in Word?