Office 2013 In Depth

Adding Columns to a Document

The columns that you work with in Word are called newspaper or “snaking” columns. This means that if you have two columns on a page and you fill the first column with text, the additional text snakes over into the second column and continues to be inserted there. Word columns are perfect for newsletters and brochures.

You can format a blank document for columns, or you can select text and then apply column settings to the selected text. You can also have Word begin the column settings at the insertion point and place all the text from that point forward in the number of columns that you have selected. When you apply column settings to any selected text, Word automatically places the text (now in the number of columns ...