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Equal heights of columns
Hi,
I am writing a research paper in Word 2010. My problem is this: in the two-column layout, text is at the same height on the top of the page but not on the bottom. Depending on figures inserted in a column, one column might end with about half a line-height's more space than the other column. That looks very unprofessional and as I cannot think of any solution, I am considering rewriting the whole thing in LaTeX which does that automatically. Do you have any idea how I can bring Word to give those two columns equal heights, i.e. strech any spacings in a smart way? Thanks in advance, Franz Last edited by Franz21 : July 12th 12 at 04:18 PM |
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Equal heights of column
Adding a continuous section break at the end of the last column will
force Word to balance the columns. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-07-10 19:12, Franz21 wrote: Hi, I am writing a research paper in Word 2010. My problem is this: in the two-column layout, text is at the same height on the top of the page but not on the bottom. Depending on figures inserted in a column, one column might end with about half a line-height's more space than the other column. That looks very unprofessional and as I cannot think of any solution, I am considering rewriting the whole thing in LaTeX which does that automatically. Do you have any idea how I can bring Word to give those two columns equal heights, i.e. strech any spacings in a smart way? Thanks in advance, Franz |
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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! Last edited by Franz21 : July 11th 12 at 05:29 PM |
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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 |
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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? Quote:
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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- |
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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 |
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They will not be balanced to the millimeter unless you have formatted the
section's vertical alignment as Justified, and I strongly suspect you won't like the effects of that, either. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Franz21" wrote in message ... '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 |
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Answer: Equal heights of column
Hi Franz,
I understand your frustration with the uneven column heights in Word 2010. Fortunately, there is a way to fix this issue without having to switch to LaTeX. Here are the steps to follow:
This should adjust the column heights so that they are equal. However, if you have any images or other objects in your document that are causing the uneven heights, you may need to adjust their placement or size to ensure that they fit within the columns properly.
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