I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17 paper,
landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word. There is not a
template for this size paper. I do not know how to insert the 6 columns.
Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks

The toolbar button only goes up to 4 columns, but you can choose the Format
Columns menu item and enter 6 columns in the dialog.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more info.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

NewsGeru wrote:
I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17
paper, landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word.
There is not a template for this size paper. I do not know how to
insert the 6 columns. Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks

On my toolbar button, if I drag out beyond the 4th column, it will to 7 columns

This is in Word XP, but I seem to recall it doing the same in earlier versions

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

The toolbar button only goes up to 4 columns, but you can choose the Format
Columns menu item and enter 6 columns in the dialog.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

NewsGeru wrote:
I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17
paper, landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word.
There is not a template for this size paper. I do not know how to
insert the 6 columns. Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks

Well, I'll be... I really do learn something new about Word every day.
Thank you!

I can only drag the button out to 6 columns, in both Word 2000 and
Word 2003. I don't have XP loaded at the moment.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:19:03 -0800, "Duke Carey"
wrote:

On my toolbar button, if I drag out beyond the 4th column, it will to 7 columns

This is in Word XP, but I seem to recall it doing the same in earlier versions

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

The toolbar button only goes up to 4 columns, but you can choose the Format
Columns menu item and enter 6 columns in the dialog.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

NewsGeru wrote:
I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17
paper, landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word.
There is not a template for this size paper. I do not know how to
insert the 6 columns. Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks

Mine only goes to 6 in Word 2003 as well, and I can't see any reason for it
to stop. Some of the other palettes, such as the Insert | Table one, are
limited by screen area, so the number of columns you can drag a table to
depends to some extent on where you have the button on your toolbar.

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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.

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Well, I'll be... I really do learn something new about Word every day.
Thank you!

I can only drag the button out to 6 columns, in both Word 2000 and
Word 2003. I don't have XP loaded at the moment.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:19:03 -0800, "Duke Carey"
wrote:

On my toolbar button, if I drag out beyond the 4th column, it will to 7
columns

This is in Word XP, but I seem to recall it doing the same in earlier
versions

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

The toolbar button only goes up to 4 columns, but you can choose the
Format
Columns menu item and enter 6 columns in the dialog.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more
info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

NewsGeru wrote:
I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17
paper, landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word.
There is not a template for this size paper. I do not know how to
insert the 6 columns. Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks

If you go to the Format Columns dialog and reduce the width and spacing of
the columns, you can increase the number beyond 6. I just set up an 8
column format in Word 2003.

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Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Mine only goes to 6 in Word 2003 as well, and I can't see any reason for
it
to stop. Some of the other palettes, such as the Insert | Table one, are
limited by screen area, so the number of columns you can drag a table to
depends to some extent on where you have the button on your toolbar.

--
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.

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Well, I'll be... I really do learn something new about Word every day.
Thank you!

I can only drag the button out to 6 columns, in both Word 2000 and
Word 2003. I don't have XP loaded at the moment.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:19:03 -0800, "Duke Carey"
wrote:

On my toolbar button, if I drag out beyond the 4th column, it will to 7
columns

This is in Word XP, but I seem to recall it doing the same in earlier
versions

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

The toolbar button only goes up to 4 columns, but you can choose the
Format
Columns menu item and enter 6 columns in the dialog.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm for more
info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

NewsGeru wrote:
I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17
paper, landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word.
There is not a template for this size paper. I do not know how to
insert the 6 columns. Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks