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How do I equally balance columns containing dictionary entries?
I'm using Word 2003 to write a bilingual dictionary. The dictionary pages are
divided into two columns and I want the text at the bottom of the left column of each page to line up exactly with the text in the right column. The 'balance column length' suggestions in Microsoft Help do not help, I think because after each entry and its translation a new line is started, i.e. each entry is like a new paragraph. |
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How do I equally balance columns containing dictionary entries?
Are you using text columns (Format | Columns)? You'd better use a
two-column table (without borders) for this task. Then you could just insert a new row whenever you want text to line up. Note, however, that Word is not really capable of creating "even-height" pages/columns, if that is what you are trying to do. A fixed value for line spacing, and a value for spacing before or after that is a multiple of the line spacing, would help, but it would hardly be perfect. For more on these and other factors, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tasview" wrote in message ... I'm using Word 2003 to write a bilingual dictionary. The dictionary pages are divided into two columns and I want the text at the bottom of the left column of each page to line up exactly with the text in the right column. The 'balance column length' suggestions in Microsoft Help do not help, I think because after each entry and its translation a new line is started, i.e. each entry is like a new paragraph. |
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