[Taylor]

I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only center above
the first column. Help.

[WordBanter AI]

Sure, I can definitely help you with that!

To insert a title above 2 columns of text and center it, you can follow these steps:

1. Place your cursor at the beginning of the document where you want to insert the title.
2. Click on the "Insert" tab in the top menu.
3. Click on "Text Box" in the "Text" section.
4. Choose the "Simple Text Box" option.
5. Click and drag your mouse to draw the text box where you want the title to appear.
6. Type in your title inside the text box.
7. Highlight the title text and use the formatting options in the "Home" tab to center the text.
8. Click outside of the text box to exit the editing mode.

Now, you can insert the columns of text below the title. To do this, you can follow these steps:

1. Click on the "Page Layout" tab in the top menu.
2. Click on "Columns" in the "Page Setup" section.
3. Choose the number of columns you want to use.
4. Type in or paste your text into the columns.

That's it! Your title should now be centered above the columns of text. If you need to make any adjustments, you can click on the text box or columns and use the formatting options to make changes.

[RC]

The quickest and easiest imo is to use a text box. Then you can put the
heading where ever you would like and it won't interfere with the formatting
on the page.
Or you can use the header section of the document.
hope this helps.
RC

"Taylor" wrote:

I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only center above
the first column. Help.

[RC]

The quickest and easiest imo is to use a text box. Then you can put the
heading where ever you would like and it won't interfere with the formatting
on the page.
Or you can use the header section of the document.
hope this helps.
RC

"Taylor" wrote:

I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only center above
the first column. Help.

[Jay Freedman]

Select the entire paragraph containing the title, go to the Columns dialog,
and choose one column. Word will automatically insert a section break
between the one-column and two-column parts of the text.

Read http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...panColumns.htm for more.

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

Taylor wrote:
I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only
center above the first column. Help.

[Jay Freedman]

Select the entire paragraph containing the title, go to the Columns dialog,
and choose one column. Word will automatically insert a section break
between the one-column and two-column parts of the text.

Read http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...panColumns.htm for more.

--
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.

Taylor wrote:
I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only
center above the first column. Help.

[Jay Freedman]

Just a caution on these methods, particularly if you need a table of
contents:

- Word 2007 is the first version of Word that can "see" headings in text
boxes for the purpose of creating a table of contents. In earlier versions,
you can use a frame (from the Forms toolbar) instead of a text box.

- No version of Word can include in the TOC any "heading" that you put in a
header. Also, if the document contains more than one page, you'd have to use
the first-page header (after going to Page Setup Layout and choosing
"Different first page"), and you couldn't do the same trick a second time in
the same document unless you insert a section break. In other words, this
method is too complicated for anything except a one-page document.

--
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.

RC wrote:
The quickest and easiest imo is to use a text box. Then you can put
the heading where ever you would like and it won't interfere with the
formatting on the page.
Or you can use the header section of the document.
hope this helps.
RC

"Taylor" wrote:

I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only
center above the first column. Help.

[Jay Freedman]

Just a caution on these methods, particularly if you need a table of
contents:

- Word 2007 is the first version of Word that can "see" headings in text
boxes for the purpose of creating a table of contents. In earlier versions,
you can use a frame (from the Forms toolbar) instead of a text box.

- No version of Word can include in the TOC any "heading" that you put in a
header. Also, if the document contains more than one page, you'd have to use
the first-page header (after going to Page Setup Layout and choosing
"Different first page"), and you couldn't do the same trick a second time in
the same document unless you insert a section break. In other words, this
method is too complicated for anything except a one-page document.

--
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.

RC wrote:
The quickest and easiest imo is to use a text box. Then you can put
the heading where ever you would like and it won't interfere with the
formatting on the page.
Or you can use the header section of the document.
hope this helps.
RC

"Taylor" wrote:

I need to center a title above 2 columns of text . It will only
center above the first column. Help.