Dockpost wrote:
I want to have a two column page with different formatting for each
column. I also want to be able to swith the curserfrom one column to
the other and type anywhere in the selected column. But my column
layout requires me to type to the bottom of the first column before
the cursor will move to the second column.
How can I do the page layout I want?
Thanks in advance.

Don't use the "columns" feature, use a table instead. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm.

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