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Default Having side by side tables or columns

I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but I want to
be able to insert text in each column as I progress down the page. I can't
seem to figure out how to do that. I can create the columns, but I don't
know how to make them both accessible at the same time. Can someone help me?
Thanks.
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For this you will need a table instead.

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I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but I want

to
be able to insert text in each column as I progress down the page. I

can't
seem to figure out how to do that. I can create the columns, but I don't
know how to make them both accessible at the same time. Can someone help

me?
Thanks.


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And will I find the manner of doing it on the website?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For this you will need a table instead.

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"Hellie" wrote in message
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I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but I want

to
be able to insert text in each column as I progress down the page. I

can't
seem to figure out how to do that. I can create the columns, but I don't
know how to make them both accessible at the same time. Can someone help

me?
Thanks.



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Default Having side by side tables or columns

You just start with a two-column, one-row table. Write stuff in each column.
When you come to the next place where the contents of the two columns must
align with each other, press the Tab key at the end of the right-hand
column, or click Table Insert Rows Below, to start a new table row.

The table's borders don't have to be printable. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Gridlines.htm.

If you need to know more about tables, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm.

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Hellie wrote:
And will I find the manner of doing it on the website?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For this you will need a table instead.

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"Hellie" wrote in message
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I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but
I want to be able to insert text in each column as I progress down
the page. I can't seem to figure out how to do that. I can create
the columns, but I don't know how to make them both accessible at
the same time. Can someone help me? Thanks.



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Default Having side by side tables or columns

I want two separate columns separated by blank space. Appreciate your help,
but I already know how to do what you suggested. I could use tables, too,
but I also want them separate with a vertical space in between.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You just start with a two-column, one-row table. Write stuff in each column.
When you come to the next place where the contents of the two columns must
align with each other, press the Tab key at the end of the right-hand
column, or click Table Insert Rows Below, to start a new table row.

The table's borders don't have to be printable. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Gridlines.htm.

If you need to know more about tables, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Hellie wrote:
And will I find the manner of doing it on the website?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For this you will need a table instead.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Hellie" wrote in message
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I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but
I want to be able to insert text in each column as I progress down
the page. I can't seem to figure out how to do that. I can create
the columns, but I don't know how to make them both accessible at
the same time. Can someone help me? Thanks.






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Default Having side by side tables or columns

You can either add to the cell margins or use a three-column table, the
center column being narrow and empty.

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"Hellie" wrote in message
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I want two separate columns separated by blank space. Appreciate your

help,
but I already know how to do what you suggested. I could use tables, too,
but I also want them separate with a vertical space in between.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

You just start with a two-column, one-row table. Write stuff in each

column.
When you come to the next place where the contents of the two columns

must
align with each other, press the Tab key at the end of the right-hand
column, or click Table Insert Rows Below, to start a new table row.

The table's borders don't have to be printable. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/Gridlines.htm.

If you need to know more about tables, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hellie wrote:
And will I find the manner of doing it on the website?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For this you will need a table instead.

--
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.

"Hellie" wrote in message
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I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but
I want to be able to insert text in each column as I progress down
the page. I can't seem to figure out how to do that. I can create
the columns, but I don't know how to make them both accessible at
the same time. Can someone help me? Thanks.





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Default Having side by side tables or columns

Its very simple. You have to make two or three columns of text boxes. Right
click the border of the first text box, click "Create text box link", and
select the next column. Similarly click the second text box and click "Create
text box link". Now type text in the first column. If the content excceds the
first text box, they automatically flows to the seconf box.

Challa Prabhu

"Hellie" wrote:

I want to create side by side columns (like newspaper columns), but I want to
be able to insert text in each column as I progress down the page. I can't
seem to figure out how to do that. I can create the columns, but I don't
know how to make them both accessible at the same time. Can someone help me?
Thanks.

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