How to Add and Adjust Columns in Word 2007

Comments (13)

1. Posted by marajuana and viagra AUGUST 02, 2009 | 03:39PM

   dWg33N Great site. Keep doing.

   (Report comment)
2. Posted by tramadol ship to florida AUGUST 02, 2009 | 03:39PM

   CkSirs I bookmarked this link. Thank you for good job!

   (Report comment)
3. Posted by Dot Witt NOVEMBER 05, 2009 | 03:44PM

   It shows how to create the columns but not how to adjust the columns. What if I want columns of a different size than the default?

   (Report comment)
4. Posted by Chris Kester NOVEMBER 11, 2009 | 03:38PM

   See comment by Dot Witt. The TITLE of this little video is "How to Add and ADJUST Columns in Word 2007". Where is the "Adjust" part? I know this is the "Idiot's" guide, but really, most of us know how to add columns!

   (Report comment)
5. Posted by Lisa Nordstrom NOVEMBER 12, 2009 | 07:45PM

   I agree, I just need to move a right column over about 3 characters and can't find for the life of me how. This video is obviously NO HELP!!!

   (Report comment)
6. Posted by Online Dummies Editors NOVEMBER 13, 2009 | 01:46PM

   I apologize for the misleading title; we'll be changing it soon.
   
   After you creaet columns of text in Word 2007, you can adjust the columns from the ruler along the top of the page. (If you don't see the ruler, click the View tab and select the Ruler check box in the Show/Hide group.) Put your cursor anywhere in the columns of text and look at the Ruler. The dark areas are where text will NOT flow. Drag the vertical lines just on the inside of the darker sections of the ruler to change the amount of space between columns. Note that the spacing will adjust symmetrically.
   
   If you need to be more specific with your column spacing, click the Columns button on the Page Layout tab and choose the last option on the list -- More Columns. From there, you can adjust the size of your columns, even making different columns different sizes.

   (Report comment)
7. Posted by Online Dummies Editors NOVEMBER 13, 2009 | 03:01PM

   You can find more here, too: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-adjust-columns-using-the-columns-dialog-box.html

   (Report comment)
8. Posted by David Jarman NOVEMBER 16, 2009 | 11:37AM

   What an absolutely useless help facility. I asked for help and got a load of information about something else.The whole of this version of Office is dreadful and I only wish I had kept my discs from the earlier version. No more development just iron out the shortcoming in the earlier version

   (Report comment)
9. Posted by Karen Hart NOVEMBER 16, 2009 | 07:32PM

   I agree with comment #8 in its entirety and the last statement in particular!). I am looking for how to create a heading that spans all the columns on the page - I'm sure it's simple... just can't find it! Got lots of other stuff I didn't ask for, however. Bring back the office assistant

   (Report comment)
10. Posted by Paul Robinson NOVEMBER 17, 2009 | 11:19AM

    Previous versions of Word had a "column break" feature, to force text to start at the top of the next column (similar to page break, but just to the next column). Word 2007's "Insert" tab doesn't have that, and I can't find it anywhere else. I don't want to just stick in a bunch of blank lines, because then I have to fiddle with it every time I add text to the preceding column. How do I get a column break?

    (Report comment)
11. Posted by 4ndyman NOVEMBER 17, 2009 | 11:59AM

    @Everyone: Dealing with multiple columns and breaks is easier if you can see the nonprinting characters. Click the backward-P paragraph sign (a pilcrow) in the Paragraph section of the Home tab to toggle the nonprinting characters on and off.
    
    @Paul R.: Column breaks are now on the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group. Click the Breaks button, er, right next to the Columns button.
    
    @Karen H.: You need to use the same button to accomplish your task. Put your cursor at the beginning of the first line that will be in a multi-column section and choose Breaks-->Continuous. Put your cursor to the left of the section break and make it single-column. Then you can format it all you want and it'll fall outside the multi-column section.

    (Report comment)
12. Posted by car NOVEMBER 21, 2009 | 01:49PM

    Hello! cheap car insurance for woman ,

    (Report comment)
13. Posted by law NOVEMBER 21, 2009 | 01:49PM

    Hello! florida law auto insurance windshield coverage ,

    (Report comment)

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Comment (required)
(Up to 2 links allowed.)