Thanks, Jay. The process you describe divides the usuable portion of the page
(i.e. inside the margins) but doesn't really divide the entire page into
quarters. If I were to enter text or insert a photo, then fold the paper
twice (to give a card, e.g.) the text or photo would not be centered on the
quarter panel. I guess I essentially want to eliminate all borders, but can't
do this. My final objective is to place the text or photo into 2 or 3 of the
quarters, fold the paper twice and wind up with a card. (I don't have MS
Publisher, which I'm told may do this - but hope to use Word.)
Roy

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

rwroth wrote:
In Word 2003, how can I divide a standard page into quarters so that
I can then put different text or a photo into each quarter?

Insert a 2-column, 2-row table. In Table Table Properties Row, set the
preferred row height to slightly less than half the distance between the top
and bottom margins. For example, on a Letter-size page with 1-inch top and
bottom margins, the row height should be 4.35" or less.

The "slightly less" part is required because Word insists on having a
paragraph mark below the table, and making the table occupy the entire
height of the page will force that paragraph -- and possibly the second row
of the table -- to a second page. You can make the row heights 4.45" if you
go into the paragraph after the table and make its font size 1 pt.

To remove the table borders, put the cursor in the table and press
Ctrl+Alt+U (or use Format Borders and Shading None).

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