Word 2013 For Dummies

Chapter 20

Columns of Text

In This Chapter

Understanding columns

Breaking your text into columns

Working with two columns

Creating a three-column brochure

Restoring “normal” text from columnar text

Switching column layouts in a document

Breaking up a column on a page

Here’s a pop quiz: If someone asks about columns and you immediately think of something written in a magazine or newspaper, you’re probably a writer. If you think Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, you’re probably a nerd. What you probably don’t think of are text columns in Word. That’s because placing columns across a page of text is a task that you probably don’t believe a word processor can do. Man, are you wrong!

All about Columns

Here’s a secret: All text you write in Word is already formatted in columns. Yep, although ...