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How can I do columns in a text box?
I have Windows 2000. I blocked column text and converted to text box to have
flexibility in moving/adjusting location of box. I cannot get columns in text box. How can this be done? I need two columns. |
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How can I do columns in a text box?
Word's column feature does not work within a text box. You don't say which
version of Word you're using (Windows and Word are *not* the same thing), but later versions of Word support floating tables that can be moved much as pictures and text boxes. By using a two column table, you might be able to get what you want. Or, if you need text to flow from one column to the other, you might use two text boxes side by size, and use the link tool to cause text to flow from one text box into the other. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "73MGBGT" wrote in message ... I have Windows 2000. I blocked column text and converted to text box to have flexibility in moving/adjusting location of box. I cannot get columns in text box. How can this be done? I need two columns. |
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How can I do columns in a text box?
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:40:02 -0800, "73MGBGT"
wrote: I have Windows 2000. I blocked column text and converted to text box to have flexibility in moving/adjusting location of box. I cannot get columns in text box. How can this be done? I need two columns. Word doesn't support multiple column text inside text boxes or frames. As a workaround, make two text boxes positioned side by side. With the cursor in the first box, click the Create Text Box Link button on the Text Box toolbar, then click inside the second text box. That makes text "flow" from the first box to the second box automatically. Format each box with No Line so it isn't obvious that they're separate. A less desirable workaround is to place a two-cell table inside a text box. You'd have to move overflow text manually from the first cell to the second cell. This might be feasible if the text would never be edited afterward. -- 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. |
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