[Ladyclint]

I know how to set up the columns (I need four) but I can't get the text to
flow horizontally instead of vertically.

[CyberTaz]

It sounds like what you want is a 4 column Table, not 4 (newspaper) columns.
If you need information on using tables chek them out in Word Help as well
as at the following link:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TableBasics.htm

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

"Ladyclint" wrote in message
...
I know how to set up the columns (I need four) but I can't get the text to
flow horizontally instead of vertically.

[Ladyclint]

Thank you for your response. However, I DO want 4 newspaper columns--this is
a list of the date, Employee Name, Home Phone and Cell Phone. So each line
contains four pieces of information specific to the person whose name
appears on that line. Therefore, I want the text to flow from left to right.
If I don't use the columns and just tab across each line, it makes revisions
more difficult. I know there's somewhere that you select a vertical flow or
a horizontal one, but I can't find it in Office 2007. Thanks for your help.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

It sounds like what you want is a 4 column Table, not 4 (newspaper) columns.
If you need information on using tables chek them out in Word Help as well
as at the following link:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TableBasics.htm

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

"Ladyclint" wrote in message
...
I know how to set up the columns (I need four) but I can't get the text to
flow horizontally instead of vertically.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What you are describing is a table. You don't have to have borders, but you
do have columns; you tab from one column to the next and insert the desired
content in each column. Did you look at the referenced article?

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"Ladyclint" wrote in message
news
Thank you for your response. However, I DO want 4 newspaper columns--this
is
a list of the date, Employee Name, Home Phone and Cell Phone. So each
line
contains four pieces of information specific to the person whose name
appears on that line. Therefore, I want the text to flow from left to
right.
If I don't use the columns and just tab across each line, it makes
revisions
more difficult. I know there's somewhere that you select a vertical flow
or
a horizontal one, but I can't find it in Office 2007. Thanks for your
help.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

It sounds like what you want is a 4 column Table, not 4 (newspaper)
columns.
If you need information on using tables chek them out in Word Help as
well
as at the following link:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TableBasics.htm

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

"Ladyclint" wrote in message
...
I know how to set up the columns (I need four) but I can't get the text
to
flow horizontally instead of vertically.

[CyberTaz]

Sorry to be contrary , but if you want the content to work across the page
you *don't* want newspaper columns - by definition the text flow in
newspaper columns is _down_ to the bottom & wraps to the top of the next
column. There is not - nor has there ever been - a vertical/horizontal flow
option in any version of Word. If you could be more specific about what the
actual name is of the feature you recall or what version of the program you
are thinking of perhaps we could clear it up.

FWIW, Quite frankly, what you describe sounds *exactly* like what a table is
intended to provide. The first row contains the captions for the four
columns & each subsequent row of the table constitutes a separate "record"
in the list.

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




On 6/19/07 8:46 AM, in article
, "Ladyclint"
wrote:

Thank you for your response. However, I DO want 4 newspaper columns--this is
a list of the date, Employee Name, Home Phone and Cell Phone. So each line
contains four pieces of information specific to the person whose name
appears on that line. Therefore, I want the text to flow from left to right.
If I don't use the columns and just tab across each line, it makes revisions
more difficult. I know there's somewhere that you select a vertical flow or
a horizontal one, but I can't find it in Office 2007. Thanks for your help.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

It sounds like what you want is a 4 column Table, not 4 (newspaper) columns.
If you need information on using tables chek them out in Word Help as well
as at the following link:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TableBasics.htm

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

"Ladyclint" wrote in message
...
I know how to set up the columns (I need four) but I can't get the text to
flow horizontally instead of vertically.