There is no way to do this in Word. That is, you can fake it using tabs and
hidden paragraph marks, but it doesn't save any space because Word still
allows as much space for the footnotes as if they were single-column.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Peter" wrote in message
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i wanna know how to write the main text in 1 column while thr footnote in
2
columns?
thank you
Peter