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Columns Word 2016

Introduction

Sometimes the information you include in your document is best displayed in columns. Not only can columns help improve readability, but some types of documents—like newspaper articles, newsletters, and flyers—are often written in column format. Word also allows you to adjust your columns by adding column breaks.
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Watch the video below to learn more about columns in Word.
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To add columns to a document:

  1. Select the text you want to format.
    Selecting text to format
  2. Select the Layout tab, then click the Columns command. A drop-down menu will appear.
  3. Select the number of columns you want to create.
    Formatting text into columns
  4. The text will format into columns.
    The formatted text
Your column choices aren't limited to the drop-down menu that appears. Select More Columns at the bottom of the menu to access the Columns dialog box. Click the arrows next to Number of columns: to adjust the number of columns.
The Columns dialog box
If you want to adjust the spacing and alignment of columns, click and drag the indent markers on the Ruler until the columns appear the way you want.
Adjusting the column

To remove columns:

To remove column formatting, place the insertion point anywhere in the columns, then click the Columns command on the Layout tab. Select One from the drop-down menu that appears.
Removing column formatting

Adding column breaks

Once you've created columns, the text will automatically flow from one column to the next. Sometimes, though, you may want to control exactly where each column begins. You can do this by creating a column break.

To add a column break:

In our example below, we'll add a column break that will move text to the beginning of the next column.
  1. Place the insertion point at the beginning of the text you want to move.
    Placing the insertion point
  2. Select the Layout tab, then click the Breaks command. A drop-down menu will appear.
  3. Select Column from the menu.
    Adding a column break
  4. The text will move to the beginning of the column. In our example, it moved to the beginning of the next column.
    After adding a column break
To learn more about adding breaks to your document, visit our lesson on Breaks.

To remove column breaks:

  1. By default, breaks are hidden. If you want to show the breaks in your document, click the Show/Hide command on the Home tab.
    The Show/Hide command
  2. Place the insertion point to the left of the break you want to delete.
    Placing the insertion point
  3. Press the delete key to remove the break.
    The break is deleted

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