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How to set up a two column document that continues to next page.
I am preparing a document with 2 columns comparing two handbooks. I set up a
two-column landscape page. I started out by completing one page at a time instead of continuous pages because the text continued into the wrong column. It was a pain when I emailed each page separately rather than the entire document together. When I reach the end of the left column the text automatically continues in the right. How can I continue to enter text into the left column continuously to the next pages? |
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How to set up a two column document that continues to next page.
Word has no elegant way to do this. To cludgy methods --
1. Create a table with one row and two columns. Put book one in column 1 and book 2 in column 2. However, Word tends to get miserable with tables whose columns span a lot of pages, so you might have problems if the handbooks are long. 2. Start with a blank document. Insert page breaks for however many pages you need. Insert a pair of textboxes on each page, sized to represent the respective columns you want. Select the first textbox on page 1 and link it to the first textbox on page 2 (right-click the edge of the first textbox, select 'Create textbox link', select the second textbox). Link all the left-hand textboxes. Then link all the right-hand textboxes. Then copy the text of handbook 1 and paste it into the left-hand textbox on page 1: the text will flow to the linked textboxes. Ditto handbook 2. "Sherman" wrote in message news I am preparing a document with 2 columns comparing two handbooks. I set up a two-column landscape page. I started out by completing one page at a time instead of continuous pages because the text continued into the wrong column. It was a pain when I emailed each page separately rather than the entire document together. When I reach the end of the left column the text automatically continues in the right. How can I continue to enter text into the left column continuously to the next pages? |
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How to set up a two column document that continues to next page.
For Method 2, note that Word has a limit (32) on the number of linked text
boxes. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Word has no elegant way to do this. To cludgy methods -- 1. Create a table with one row and two columns. Put book one in column 1 and book 2 in column 2. However, Word tends to get miserable with tables whose columns span a lot of pages, so you might have problems if the handbooks are long. 2. Start with a blank document. Insert page breaks for however many pages you need. Insert a pair of textboxes on each page, sized to represent the respective columns you want. Select the first textbox on page 1 and link it to the first textbox on page 2 (right-click the edge of the first textbox, select 'Create textbox link', select the second textbox). Link all the left-hand textboxes. Then link all the right-hand textboxes. Then copy the text of handbook 1 and paste it into the left-hand textbox on page 1: the text will flow to the linked textboxes. Ditto handbook 2. "Sherman" wrote in message news I am preparing a document with 2 columns comparing two handbooks. I set up a two-column landscape page. I started out by completing one page at a time instead of continuous pages because the text continued into the wrong column. It was a pain when I emailed each page separately rather than the entire document together. When I reach the end of the left column the text automatically continues in the right. How can I continue to enter text into the left column continuously to the next pages? |
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