[Debbie]

I am typing a document that has titles for each section, but the section
themselves are in 2 columns. I can't figure out how to make the column "end"
so I can type the new title (lengthy) and then restart. I set the column
back to 1 and that works while typing the title. However, when I restart
columns, it puts my title in the first column (even though there are hard
returns between). Clear as mud? Any suggestions?

[Jay Freedman]

You need a continuous section break at each point where you want to change
the number of columns. This is covered in the "Multicolumn sections in
single-column documents" part of
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm.

Although that page was written about a small two-column section in a
document that's mostly one column, the reverse situation works the same way.
That is, after finishing a two-column section, type the next section's title
(still as two columns) plus at least a paragraph mark of the next two-column
section. Then select the title paragraph and change it to one column; Word
will automatically insert section breaks before and after the title to
isolate it from the two-column text.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Debbie wrote:
I am typing a document that has titles for each section, but the
section themselves are in 2 columns. I can't figure out how to make
the column "end" so I can type the new title (lengthy) and then
restart. I set the column back to 1 and that works while typing the
title. However, when I restart columns, it puts my title in the
first column (even though there are hard returns between). Clear as
mud? Any suggestions?

[Jay Freedman]

You need a continuous section break at each point where you want to change
the number of columns. This is covered in the "Multicolumn sections in
single-column documents" part of
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm.

Although that page was written about a small two-column section in a
document that's mostly one column, the reverse situation works the same way.
That is, after finishing a two-column section, type the next section's title
(still as two columns) plus at least a paragraph mark of the next two-column
section. Then select the title paragraph and change it to one column; Word
will automatically insert section breaks before and after the title to
isolate it from the two-column text.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Debbie wrote:
I am typing a document that has titles for each section, but the
section themselves are in 2 columns. I can't figure out how to make
the column "end" so I can type the new title (lengthy) and then
restart. I set the column back to 1 and that works while typing the
title. However, when I restart columns, it puts my title in the
first column (even though there are hard returns between). Clear as
mud? Any suggestions?