Hi Ed, while I missed the original message in this thread, I wanted to point out that there is one reason to use columns in Word: when you need to have your information fill the left column first, then, have just the amount which won't fit overflow into the right column. this is called "newspaper columns", and using Word's columns feature is the only way to achieve this effect; you cannot do it with tables.
You could, if you worked very hard, I think do it with linked text boxes, but often these are not accessible to window eyes, and anyway, it's a lot more trouble. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Ed Marquette [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Word Columns and Grocery List Brenda: Honestly, there are few times I use columns. Columns are not your friend. If you view a document in columns, put Word in "Normal Mode" in the "View" menu. To make things appear as though they are in columns, use tables instead. If you don't want the borders to show, you can hide them. Note that the verticle and horizontal lines in a table are not the "grid lines," as Word would suggest. So "hiding grid lines" is worthless. Instead, hide borders. Anyway, you can make a simple table with two cells to produce the effect of simple columns, or you can make a table with 100 or more cells, two columns wide and 50 rows deep. You have lots of flexibility with tables, and the Window-Eyes manual has an excellent discussion of table navigation. To create a table, use Alt-A (in Word 2003) to go to the table menu. Then choose "insert table." That allows you to pick rows and columns. Then, to adjust the width of the columns, again from the table menu, choose properties and then columns. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
