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I need more than 4 columns.
I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only
allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*.
1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
Format | Columns and you can decide the number of columns there. There is no
problem getting 6. -- Rae Drysdale "Rusher" wrote: I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
Was that really necessary?
"Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
To define the notion of superfluity, it is necessary to resort to
the definition of a norm, and to see it as an excess which goes beyond a given necessity. Although this approach may seem restrictive, it nevertheless opens vast fields of reflexion, given the overflow of meaning it triggers."BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
I have to give Jezebel credit for at least understanding what you were
talking about; I thought you were referring to table columns! But it would probably have suffice to point out that the Columns dialog provides more options than the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar. In addition, in some versions of Word, formatting multiple columns using the Columns button doesn't cause Word to check the "Equal column width" box in the Columns dialog, and this can cause problems when you change page size or orientation or even result in one column being the full margin width, with no room allowed for the other(s), with the result that text just disappears at the end of the first column! -- 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. "BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
Just for the record, I didn't ask the original question. My comment was
about the belittling tone of the reply. I hang around in this group to see if I can learn a few new things about Word 2003, but I don't pay close attention, so maybe there's a history with the OP of which I am unaware. If so, maybe that history prompted the put-downs, but on the face of it they were gratuitous. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have to give Jezebel credit for at least understanding what you were talking about; I thought you were referring to table columns! But it would probably have suffice to point out that the Columns dialog provides more options than the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar. In addition, in some versions of Word, formatting multiple columns using the Columns button doesn't cause Word to check the "Equal column width" box in the Columns dialog, and this can cause problems when you change page size or orientation or even result in one column being the full margin width, with no room allowed for the other(s), with the result that text just disappears at the end of the first column! -- 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. "BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
So what are you saying, that the norm is a command of the program equal to
your own, and anything else is superfluous and therefore a target for your derision? By the way, it's either "...an excess, which goes beyond a given necessity" or "an excess that goes beyond a given necessity" unless usage has changed since I actively studied such matters. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... To define the notion of superfluity, it is necessary to resort to the definition of a norm, and to see it as an excess which goes beyond a given necessity. Although this approach may seem restrictive, it nevertheless opens vast fields of reflexion, given the overflow of meaning it triggers."BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
You were at the conference on Le Superflu at the Faculté des Lettres
Victor-Segalen, Brest? Or just humourless and as silly as the original poster? "BruceM" wrote in message ... So what are you saying, that the norm is a command of the program equal to your own, and anything else is superfluous and therefore a target for your derision? By the way, it's either "...an excess, which goes beyond a given necessity" or "an excess that goes beyond a given necessity" unless usage has changed since I actively studied such matters. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... To define the notion of superfluity, it is necessary to resort to the definition of a norm, and to see it as an excess which goes beyond a given necessity. Although this approach may seem restrictive, it nevertheless opens vast fields of reflexion, given the overflow of meaning it triggers."BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
a) The OP asked a legitimate question to which you replied condescendingly.
Perhaps it was intended as humor, but I have a hard time believing it was taken that way. b) There has been quite a disconnect between what I have written to you and your replies. Perhaps you intend to smother me under a load of obfuscation. This exchange has been entertaining, but I can't see any point to continuing it. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... You were at the conference on Le Superflu at the Faculté des Lettres Victor-Segalen, Brest? Or just humourless and as silly as the original poster? "BruceM" wrote in message ... So what are you saying, that the norm is a command of the program equal to your own, and anything else is superfluous and therefore a target for your derision? By the way, it's either "...an excess, which goes beyond a given necessity" or "an excess that goes beyond a given necessity" unless usage has changed since I actively studied such matters. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... To define the notion of superfluity, it is necessary to resort to the definition of a norm, and to see it as an excess which goes beyond a given necessity. Although this approach may seem restrictive, it nevertheless opens vast fields of reflexion, given the overflow of meaning it triggers."BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
I don't appreciate your email. My problem wasn't how to get 4 columns to
begin with, it's after I've created a 4 column newsletter and I want to add more...You're a real ass. "Jezebel" wrote: OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
Hi BruceM...I've been a Word user for years and before that WordPerfect. My
question (which I didn't write clearly) wasn't I how to get 4 columns to begin with - it was how to get more than 4 columns after I've already created them. Seemingly, I could only add columns to the front of the piece, when I wanted to carry on from where I left off. I didn't expect the article to continue onto more than 4 columns. Thank you for your support. "BruceM" wrote: Just for the record, I didn't ask the original question. My comment was about the belittling tone of the reply. I hang around in this group to see if I can learn a few new things about Word 2003, but I don't pay close attention, so maybe there's a history with the OP of which I am unaware. If so, maybe that history prompted the put-downs, but on the face of it they were gratuitous. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have to give Jezebel credit for at least understanding what you were talking about; I thought you were referring to table columns! But it would probably have suffice to point out that the Columns dialog provides more options than the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar. In addition, in some versions of Word, formatting multiple columns using the Columns button doesn't cause Word to check the "Equal column width" box in the Columns dialog, and this can cause problems when you change page size or orientation or even result in one column being the full margin width, with no room allowed for the other(s), with the result that text just disappears at the end of the first column! -- 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. "BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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I need more than 4 columns.
Your question becomes more and more confusing, I'm afraid. When you choose
the number of columns, you're choosing it either for the whole document or for a section or selected text. If you apply column formatting to selected text, Word will take care of inserting the necessary Continuous section breaks. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm. If you are typing in a four-column document and fill the fourth column, Word will continue in the first column of the next page. Changing the number of columns won't allow you to get more text on the first page because the columns will be narrower (in fact, given the space between columns, you'll probably get less text on a page with more columns). -- 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. "Rusher" wrote in message ... Hi BruceM...I've been a Word user for years and before that WordPerfect. My question (which I didn't write clearly) wasn't I how to get 4 columns to begin with - it was how to get more than 4 columns after I've already created them. Seemingly, I could only add columns to the front of the piece, when I wanted to carry on from where I left off. I didn't expect the article to continue onto more than 4 columns. Thank you for your support. "BruceM" wrote: Just for the record, I didn't ask the original question. My comment was about the belittling tone of the reply. I hang around in this group to see if I can learn a few new things about Word 2003, but I don't pay close attention, so maybe there's a history with the OP of which I am unaware. If so, maybe that history prompted the put-downs, but on the face of it they were gratuitous. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have to give Jezebel credit for at least understanding what you were talking about; I thought you were referring to table columns! But it would probably have suffice to point out that the Columns dialog provides more options than the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar. In addition, in some versions of Word, formatting multiple columns using the Columns button doesn't cause Word to check the "Equal column width" box in the Columns dialog, and this can cause problems when you change page size or orientation or even result in one column being the full margin width, with no room allowed for the other(s), with the result that text just disappears at the end of the first column! -- 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. "BruceM" wrote in message ... Was that really necessary? "Jezebel" wrote in message ... OK, pay attention coz's this is *really tricky*. 1. Display the 'Format Columns' dialog. (Can you manage that one on your own?) 2. Look at it for a while, until you see the 'Number of columns' field. 3. Enter the '6' in that field. (You'll find the 6 on your keyboard between the 5 and 7 keys.) "Rusher" wrote in message ... I have a 11x17, landscape page, and I need 6 columns...Apparently, I'm only allowed 4??? |
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