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How do I create Horizontal Columns
I am attempting to create a 3-fold brochure (in a landscape format) in MS
Word but the columns are not formatting horizontally only vertically as in a book rather than a brochure. I would really appreciate anyone's assistance. |
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Answer: How do I create Horizontal Columns
Sure, I can definitely help you with that! Here's how you can create horizontal columns in Microsoft Word:
Now your document should have three horizontal columns instead of vertical ones. You can then add your content to each column as needed for your brochure. If you want to adjust the spacing between the columns, you can go back to the "Columns" dialog box and adjust the "Spacing" options under "Width and spacing".
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This is your second request regarding this question.
Suzanne Barnhill suggested in response to your first request that you use a table. I agree and would suggest that you use a three-column table to set up your tri-fold brochure. I am assuming that your page setup is already set at landscape. To create the necessary space between "columns" you will need to increase the internal margins in your table (Table Table Properties, click the Cell tab and the Option button, change the cell margin to a sufficient size to allow the appearance of columns). I'm not sure I understand about the columns not formatting horizontally only vertically. Do you mean that the text is coming out reading from left to right, and you want it to read from, say, bottom to top? If this is the case, you can change the direction of the text in the table cells, Format Text Direction. If you are looking for something else, could you please give a more precise description. "NJ Premier Group" wrote: I am attempting to create a 3-fold brochure (in a landscape format) in MS Word but the columns are not formatting horizontally only vertically as in a book rather than a brochure. I would really appreciate anyone's assistance. |
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Okay, I think we have a fundamental misunderstanding here. It sounds as if
you are creating a three-panel brochure. That is, you have a landscape page that will be folded twice, the folds parallel to the short sides. If you set the number of columns to three (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more), then you will have accomplished this. Each panel will have a portrait orientation (as in a book); that is normal for a brochure. But it seems you're really attempting to do something different. Perhaps you are trying to rotate the text in one column (for a mailing panel, for example)? To do this you will need to insert a text box, frame, or table cell and change the text direction in it. If what you're trying to create is a flyer rather than a brochure, then you should be using portrait orientation to begin with. When you spoke of "horizontal columns" (a contradiction in terms: if they're horizontal, they're rows), I thought perhaps you were trying to repeat the same material several times on a page, to be cut apart (compliment slips, for example). In that case, a table is one way of accomplishing your goal. -- 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. "NJ Premier Group" wrote in message ... I am attempting to create a 3-fold brochure (in a landscape format) in MS Word but the columns are not formatting horizontally only vertically as in a book rather than a brochure. I would really appreciate anyone's assistance. |
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