Multiple columns with different column length in Word 2010
How to create a document with multiple columns, with different column length, in Word 2010
Microsoft Word 2010 makes it very easy to create a document with more than one column. From the "Page Layout" tab, the "Page Setup" section you can click on columns and select the number of columns that you would like in your document.
Word 2010, however, will start filling your document as you type from the leftmost column, then the middle column and finally the right column, assuming your document has 2 columns.
What if you would like a different column length for each of your columns with, let's say, one paragraph of text in the first column, two paragraphs of text in the second column and four paragraphs of text in the fourth column?
In order to move text to a different column, from the "Page Layout" tab, the "Page Setup" section, click on "Breaks" and from the "Page Break" section click on "Column". This will insert a "Column break" and move the rest of your text to the next column.
You can move text from to any column that you would like in your document by repeating the same process. From the "Page Layout" tab, the "Page Setup" section, click on "Breaks" and from the "Page Break" section click on "Column" and you will be able to move text from one column to the next.
The same applies if you use a different column format, with a left or right column layout where your document will have one small left or right column and one large right or left column. You can move text from one column to the next, if for example you would simply like to include a short summary or a tip to the left column and your main text in the right column. Once again from the "Page Layout" tab, the "Page Setup" section, click on "Breaks" and from the "Page Break" section click on "Column" and the rest of your text will move to the next column and continue from the next column.
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